The public has a right to see. (access to President Clinton's Whitewater deposition)

The news media should have been granted access to President Clinton's Whitewater deposition in the criminal trials of Arkansas governor Jim Guy Tucker and the McDougals. A federal judge denied the media's request, saying they did not have a constitutional right to it and that access was satisfied by written transcripts of the trial. The judge also probably thought that the tape could be misused for political purposes.

Should a candidate for public office be allowed to decide whether a court record that might discredit him should be made public? Does it make a difference if the c