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Originally posted by Gattigap
Let me be less unclear. I'm not saying that he doesn't have the right to demand that his public statements are not recorded (though I find it to be an odd fetish).
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At best, all he has is some sort of contractual right and only then if there was a meeting of the minds between him and the audience that resulted in a contract not to record him.
However, even if he does have a contractual right, the reporter still is entitled to a 5th Amendment due process notice and an opportunity to be heard before his property is confiscated like that by an agent of the federal government acting in her capacity as an agent of the federal government.
And then there is the whole state action by a federal marshall in violation of the First Amendment.
