The presiding judge handling the controversial trial for the constitutionality of gay marriage in California has allowed videotaping and uploading of footages of the hearing on the popular video-sharing website Youtube.
The trial on same-sex marriage, which will begin next week, can now be viewed by millions of Youtube users around the world as Chief United States District Judge Vaughn Walker gives the “go signal” to have a video documentary of the trial that can be uploaded on the video-sharing website.
It will be recalled that Walker first floated the idea of live broadcasting of the hearing but met protests from various institutions. Instead of a live broadcast, the judge decided instead to record the trial, which will later be uploaded by court employees for delayed broadcast on Youtube.
Walker said that delaying the broadcast of the trial would give the court a strong sense of control over the transmission contrary to live broadcasting being done by various television networks in the US.
The uploading of the trial video on Youtube will be the first federal trial in a Western State, particularly California, which will be aired publicly.
The trial, whether the state will allow gay marriage or not, will also be the pioneering federal trial regarding the “unlawful” discrimination of the gays’ rights that can be viewed by the public on the Internet.
In an interview, Walker said that it is the national importance of the proceedings that has led the governing body of federal courts in the Western US to approve the pilot program.
“This is a great opportunity for people to see how the US judiciary really works and will teach us all great civic lessons,” he added.
But the program is still subjected to the approval of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
Several analysts said that it will be just a formality for the Appellate Court to approve the program, saying that the chief judge for the 9th US Circuit Court is the same judge that has announced the pioneering proceedings.
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