Veritas Suit Makes First Amendment HISTORY: Changes MA. Recording Law By Staff Report | December 10, 2018 | projectveritas.com   Added: Bitchute video: https://www.bitchute.com/video/9GeEsdXZ2Lg/   Massachusetts Law Prohibiting Secret Recording of Public Officials Deemed Unconstitutional US District Court for the District of Massachusetts Rules in Veritas’ Favor “[T]he Court holds that [Massachusetts law] may not constitutionally prohibit the secret audio recording of government officials…” Secretly Recording Government Officials in Public Places Now Protected by First Amendment   (Boston) Project Veritas attorneys Benjamin Barr and Steve Klein have received word from the United States Court for the District of Massachusetts of its victory in Project Veritas Action Fund v. Conley. The lawsuit filed against the state argued that the Massachusetts law prohibiting the secret recording of public officials was unconstitutional.   Said James O’Keefe, founder and president of Project Veritas Action:     Filed on December 10, 2018, the United States District Court District of Massachusetts found, “the First Amendment protects the right to record audio and video of government officials,” deeming the law prohibiting secret recordings of government officials unconstitutional. The unconstitutional law, enforceable in Massachusetts since 1968, allowed for a felony conviction for up to five years in prison, and a $10,000 for the secret recording of a public official. Audio Recording is More Powerful Than Ordinary Reporting   The Court explained in the judgement that “audio and audiovisual recording are uniquely reliable and powerful methods of preserving and disseminating news and information about events that occur in public. Their self-authenticating character makes it highly unlikely that other methods could be considered reasonably adequate substitutes.” The Court agreed in the judgment that secretly recording government officials is a “basic, vital, and well-established liberty safeguarded by the First Amendment.”   Said Project Veritas Action Fund’s attorney Ben Barr, of the victory:   Project Veritas is aware of other states with similarly prohibitive recording laws.    Project Veritas Source Article Here