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To: goldworldnet who wrote (561762)	4/8/2004 11:40:14 AM
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FACIST JUDGE CONTINUES TO ERASE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF PRESS Reporters Must Erase Tapes of Scalia Talk Deputy federal marshal enforces the justice's ban on recording of his speech at a high school. Times Headlines Smile and Say 'Fess Up More National Parks Fail New EPA Smog Ratings Bush Presidency Could Be Ultimate Casualty of War Rice's Comments to Face Scrutiny at Hearing 100 Candles for "Center" of New York more > SCALIA ANTONIN AUDIO RECORDINGS AUDIO RECORDINGS VIDEO RECORDINGS NEWS MEDIA JUDGE THE NATION VIDEO RECORDINGS JUDGES NEWS MEDIA From Associated Press HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Two reporters were ordered Wednesday to erase their tape recordings of a speech by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at a Mississippi high school. Scalia has long barred television cameras from his speeches, but does not always forbid newspaper photographers and tape recorders. On Wednesday, he did not warn the audience at the high school that recording devices would be forbidden. During the speech, a woman identifying herself as a deputy federal marshal demanded that a reporter for Associated Press erase a tape recording of the justice's comments. She said the justice had asked that his appearance not be recorded. The reporter initially resisted, but later showed the deputy how to erase the digital recording after the officer took the device from her hands. The exchange occurred in the front row of the auditorium while Scalia delivered his speech about the Constitution. The deputy, who identified herself as Melanie Rube, also made a reporter for the Hattiesburg American erase her tape. Scalia gave two speeches Wednesday in Hattiesburg, one at Presbyterian Christian High School and the other at William Carey College. The recording-device warning was made before the college speech. At a reception following Scalia's speech at the college, the justice told television reporters from Hattiesburg station WDAM-TV to leave. A member of his entourage also told newspaper photographers they could not take pictures, but a college official reversed the order after nonmedia guests started snapping photos. William Carey spokeswoman Jeanna Graves later sent an apology to the media. "I specifically asked for protocol and was told that the media would have access to Justice Scalia during the reception," Graves wrote in an e-mail. She said she was "embarrassed and angry" over the incident. Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said it was up to Scalia and his staff to set guidelines for coverage of his events and added, "It's standard that his speeches are not televised." Last year, Scalia was criticized for refusing to allow television and radio coverage of an event in Ohio in which he received an award for supporting free speech. Scalia, who was appointed to the bench by President Reagan in 1986, told students that the Constitution's true meaning must always be protected. "The Constitution of the United States is extraordinary and amazing. People just don't revere it like they used to," Scalia told a full auditorium of high school students, officials and religious leaders. He said he spends a great deal of his time thinking about the Constitution, calling it "a brilliant piece of work."