cameras in court

Press provides timely reporting on U.S. Supreme Court health care hearings

Media organizations have improvised new ways of providing real-time coverage of the historic argument in the federal health care reform cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this week in spite of the court’s rejection of requests for live video coverage. The Wall Street Journal used a team of reporters, some of whom left the proceedings to provide an up-to-date report. -db From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, March 27, 2012, by Kristen

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U.S. Supreme Court turns away request for real-time broadcast of arguments on heathcare law

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected C-SPAN’s request to broadcast its March 26-28 hearing on the federal healthcare law but will allow the media  same-day audio transcripts. “Every American should have the opportunity to see and hear this landmark case as it plays out, not just the select few allowed in the courtroom. The health care reform law has ramifications for the entire country. Video coverage would help with the public’s understanding of not only the

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Senate Judiciary Committee votes to allow cameras in U.S. Supreme Court

Open government got a boost when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11 to 7 to allow Supreme Court sessions to be televised. Under the proposed law, the court could still vote to turn off the cameras if they felt the cameras could violate the due process rights of any of the parties before the Court. -db From a commentary for the Citizen Media Law Project,  February 9, 2012 by Arthur Bright. Full story  

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PBS’s MediaShift lists eleven top stories in media law for 2011

MediaShift’s top media law stories for 2011 include journalists’ coverage of Occupy movements; the proposed online piracy legislation; net neutrality; coverage of live police actions; Righthaven and the “hot news” doctrine. -db From a commentary in MediaShift, December 23, 2011, by Rob Arcamona, Jeff Hermes and Andy Sellars. Full story

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U.S. judges agree to pilot study of cameras in court

The nation’s federal judges agreed yesterday to a pilot project that could televise some civil trials — 16 years after the judges ended a similar experiment. September 15, 2010 By The Associated Press WASHINGTON —Appeals court judge David Sentelle told reporters that many of the details remained to be worked out, but that cameras could not record the faces of witnesses or jurors. Sentelle also said either side in a lawsuit could keep cameras out.

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