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U.S. Supreme Court

Dec. 13, 2011

Televise US Supreme Court arguments

The issue of cameras in the U.S. Supreme Court reemerges as oral arguments over the Affordable Care Act approach. By Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Irvine, School of Law

Erwin Chemerinsky

Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law

Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).


The time has finally come, and it is long overdue, for the U.S. Supreme Court to allow its public proceedings to be broadcast. The issue, which has been debated for years, has reemerged because of the intense interest in the oral arguments coming in March 2012 concerning the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.


Last week, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) introduced the "Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2012 - H.R. 3572," to permit live broadc...

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