Judge Agrees with NYCLU, Says Photographing Federal Buildings is Not a Crime

After a year of some fairly high profile stories across the world of photographers’ rights being violated by overzealous or ill-informed government employees, the New York Civil Liberties Union scored a major win this week in federal court when a federal judge in New York declared that there are no laws or regulations in place to prevent anyone from taking photos outside of not just federal courthouses (which derives from a case that launched the NYCLU’s fight to protect people’s rights), but all federal buildings.