from what I understand this isn't true. Basically restrictions on filming in courts are judicial orders (and they're basically gods in courthouses) but restrict

from what I understand this isn't true. Basically restrictions on filming in courts are judicial orders (and they're basically gods in courthouses) but restrictions on filming in public areas of a courthouse building in general are more complicated. You don't have any expectation of privacy there, and if you did they would need to accommodate it.