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How to explain?

Authored by: rocky on Tuesday, July 31 2012 @ 03:46 PM EDT

It's easy to explain--the judge is wrong and is violating the rule of law. Just
because a judge makes a bad ruling doesn't mean the logic falls apart. It would
not be infringing their First Amendment rights if they were actually being a
news organization. But Reuters decided to become a party to the lawsuit.
Joining the lawsuit is deciding to accept a tradeoff: by becoming a party, they
get access to secret sealed documents. But parties to a lawsuit are not allowed
to publish sealed documents. So they're trying to pick and choose how and when
they want to be a news organization versus being a party to the litigation.

News:
A. Less access to sealed documents
B. More freedom to publish

Party in lawsuit:
A. More access to sealed documents
B. Less freedom to publish

It's not supposed to be allowed for anyone to be able to play both sides of the
fence when they get to decide when different sets of rules apply to them.

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