If a former president nods off in a courtroom and no cameras are around to see it, did it really happen? The case of the People of the State of New York vs. Donald J. Trump got underway Monday, and while the fate of the forthcoming election — and perhaps democracy itself — may teeter on the outcome, the public is locked out of witnessing a seismic moment in American history. Video and audio feeds are banned from the courtroom, leaving folks to rely on the written and spoken word of reporters... Read this story