Perspective
Jan. 20, 2010
Televising Trials: The Question Is 'How,' Not 'Whether'
Margaret Russell of Santa Clara University says with compelling public interests at stake, its time to address the use of television technologies in federal courts.
By Margaret Russell
When asked in 1996 for his view on televising U.S. Supreme Court arguments, Justice David Souter famously remarked, "[T]he day you see a camera come into our courtroom, it's going to roll over my dead body." Amusing hyperbole aside, in 2010 the tide is turning and the cameras are beginning to roll. It is time for our profession to address head-on the introduction of television technologies in federal courts. Compelling public interests are at stake, an...
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