A part of the story of any trial is the evidence that didn't come in, litigated in "motions in limine." In the Depp v. Heard trial, the motions in limine were sealed to prevent the risk of the jury pool learning of the excluded evidence. Now that the trial is over, Judge Azcarate has signaled her intention to unseal the file, which likely means that more evidence both Amber and Johnny wanted to be admitted will soon be made public. Unfortunately, First Amendment enthusiast Amber Heard apparently doesn't know that the First Amendment also protects the public's right of access to the courts and its records, because she wants to keep things under wraps. What doesn't she want us to see? Maybe those therapist notes she waved at Savannah Guthrie as her smoking gun? Looks like we're going to find out! 00:00 Intro 00:26 Amber likes to assert proof that she never delivers 2:01 Amber filed a document opposing unsealing the court file 2:39 Judge Azcarate says she intends to unseal records 4:47 U.S. has a tradition of public trials 5:19 Virginia Supreme Court recently looked at unsealing standards 8:21 Motions in limine about evidence are normally open 9:24 Openness is justified by need for government transparency 9:56 What sorts of things are in the motions in limine? 11:03 Openness is necessary to evaluate the fairness of the trial 11:58 Virginia statute says court records are open for inspection 13:00 Will there be a presumption of openness for Amber's evidence? 15:30 Elaine thinks she can contract away the public's 1A right to see her evidence 17:32 Hope Amber's not too disappointed because I'll be watching