The Rules of Evidence in Federal Court (and the States) make it fairly easy to introduce photo/video/audio. This needs to change. The rules regarding admissibil

The Rules of Evidence in Federal Court (and the States) make it fairly easy to introduce photo/video/audio. This needs to change. The rules regarding admissibility of this type of evidence were drafted when fakes were difficult. The treatment of emails, however, does not inspire much hope. That is, in most courts, a printout of an email is treated -- as a practical matter -- similarly to a document signed by the author. Very frustrating. There is nothing magical about a piece of paper with an email header... you can create same in two minutes with a word processor. And don't even Get me started with text messages... try to introduce an unsigned typed scrap of paper and you'll get laughed out of court; but, put the text into something that looks like a screenshot of a phone and, voila, instantly admissible as an authentic text message.