There are presumptions that allow the public access to courtrooms and judicial proceedings throughout the United States unless the government shows good cause why access is denied. The presumptions of public access include allowing the media access so as to report on what is done by judges and the government. Otherwise the judges and the government would do these things totally in secret.
One presumption comes from the United States Constitution. The other presumption comes from the common law that was in effect before the United States came into existence.
The current federal government has just established Immigration Courts in tents at the border in Texas. They have denied access both to newspapers and to U.S. citizens.
The current federal government has not given any reason for denying access to their courts, let alone shown good cause for denying access. See Gus Bova, Journalists Blocked From Attending Secretive Immigration Tent Courts, TEXAS OBSERVER, posted Wednesday, September 11, 2019.
What if anything is being done?
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