@PVeritas_Action made First Amendment history December 18' when the MA law prohibiting undercover recording of public officials was ruled unconstitutional: “[T]he Court holds that [MA law] may not constitutionally prohibit the secret audio recording of government officials…”
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At issue was Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 99 (“Section 99”), which criminalizes the willful “interception”* of any “communication.”
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The battle began two years ago, when PVA filed a federal lawsuit alleging the Massachusetts law prohibiting secret recordings of public officials and citizens was unconstitutional.
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Today, 39 states allow filming without both parties consenting. Massachusetts is one of eleven states that restrict undercover journalists from recording without consent.
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Even with PVA’s initial victory, the case is not yet over. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has appealed the court’s ruling that resulted in PVA’s initial victory.
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The court said it did not have enough information to rule on the constitutionality of secretly recording private citizens. So PVA appealed.
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The PVA Team (represented by Ben Barr) will be attending the hearing in Boston on January 8th, 2020, which is open for the public to attend. A decision from the Court of Appeals is not expected to be delivered for several months.
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Project Veritas and Project Veritas Action Fund will never cease fighting for Americans’ constitutional rights. It is imperative that individual citizens are allowed to perform their 1st amendment right to report on public and private corruption.
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For many citizen journalists, undercover recording is the most effective way of delivering newsworthy facts to the public.
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*This case has gone from PVA v. Conley to PVA v. Rollins due to the change in the District Attorney for Suffolk County office holder.
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