Judge to consider if ban on livestreaming county commission meetings violates First Amendment

By |2021-07-01T14:53:34-05:00July 1, 2021|Categories: Open Meetings|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

A federal district judge is scheduled to hold a bench trial in Nashville late this summer to decide if a ban on livestreaming meetings of the Montgomery County Commission violates the First Amendment. His decision could turn on whether the ban is narrowly tailored enough to address the government’s concern about security of commission chambers.