The federal courts’ test of cameras in the courtroom began July 21 in a hearing for a preliminary injunction in Tennessee. The test program, approved by the U.S. Judicial Conference last year, allows court-operated cameras to film civil proceedings in 14 federal trial courts. The July 21 proceedings were posted online after the hearing.
Writing for the Citizens Media Law Project, Eric P. Robinson noted that this is not the first experiment with cameras in federal courts, “Only time will tell if this experiment finally leads to federal courts being open to regular camera coverage, or if it will be just another short period of openness before cameras are once again left outside the courtroom doors.” -db
From a commentary for the Citizens Media Law Project, July 27, 2011 by Eric P. Robinson.