In the conflict between media access to a trial and a defendant's right to a fair trial, the supreme court has generally restricted press access to a trial rarely considered whether the person is a public figure relied on the defendant's feelings to determine if there should be press access to the trial made total media access the norm after the o. j. simpson trial generally permitted press access to most stages of the legal proceedings

generally permitted press access to most stages of the legal proceedings.

explanation

According to the decision,  Patterson v. Colorado, 205 U.S. 454, 462 The government should not has the power to censor all forms of legal proceedings that initiated on the high court.

The law is created in order to maintain full transparency of legal establishment in united states, in order to give the power to the people to held the court responsible for its action.

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