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"Open to the public: U.S. Supreme Court should allow broadcast of oral arguments"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this editorial from my local Columbus Dispatch.  Here are a few excerpts: Watching and listening as America's top jurists and leading advocates hash out the fine points of the most important issues facing the nation would greatly enhance public understanding of the court.  Broadcasting the oral arguments -- about 75 per year, typically lasting an hour or so -- would open a window into what is probably the least understood part of federal government. The all-government, all-the-time cable network C-SPAN has been pushing for camera coverage of court proceedings since 1988. Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, formerly a Republican, also has urged cameras in the courtroom, twice unsuccessfully introducing legislation to require the court to allow cameras...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 07, 2009 (boomark / email).