A parent in the Gloucester, Massachusetts, school district has gone to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to correct a mistake made by a district court, which dismissed a lawsuit over his 1st Amendment posting of a recording of conversations with school officials.
An interesting case involving the First Amendment right to record is working its way through the federal court system. It involves a man who recorded his interactions with public school officials, posted that video to Facebook (along with his commentary), and was subsequently threatened with prosecution under Massachusetts' oft-abused wiretap law. The plaintiff, Inge Berge,…