"The judiciary is capable of closing the courts"
"As the law stands today, the judiciary is capable of closing the courts." In 2019 and 2022 he had sworn the opposite was true of his organization's reach.
On camera
"As the law stands today, the judiciary is capable of closing the courts and denying camera access."
"SB432: Family Court Privacy, April 9, 2025," his testimony to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, published by Our Nevada Judges, at 17:07
"The judge specifically ordered that my cameras were the only ones allowed in the courtroom and that everyone else was prohibited from recording. The judge also closed the court for the portions of the testimony that she deemed appropriate."
Same testimony, at 17:47
"I urge the Assembly to follow the Supreme Court's example, honor its oath to the Constitution, and reject this as it is currently written."
May 23, 2025 testimony, at 15:53
In the file
"If these were divorce proceedings, the statute would control and Our Nevada Judges concedes the proceedings would not be 'open to the public'; it would follow that the presumption of electronic coverage would not apply."
His Reply to Plaintiff's Objection to Media Request, Humboldt County No. CV 21,682-1, October 29, 2019, p. 2 (NSC No. 80033, Appendix, pp. 26-27). More
"Because of (now former) EDCR 5.210 and NRS 125.080, Our Nevada Judges refrains from covering divorce cases"; "if (now former) EDCR 5.210 and NRS 125.080 were not in place, Our Nevada Judges would include divorce matters in its coverage."
Declaration of Alexander Falconi dated June 23, 2022, NSC No. 84947, paragraphs 7 and 8. More
"Petitioner is currently being denied access" and "Mr. Falconi has already been denied access."
His Reply Brief of November 17, 2022, NSC No. 84947, pp. 11, 13 n.18
"Petitioner concedes it has not been precluded from attending a family law proceeding under EDCR 5.207 or EDCR 5.212."
Order Denying Petition, NSC No. 84947, February 21, 2024, p. 2