Updated Tally: State Supreme Courts Conducting Remote Arguments with a Public Livestream
Here is a list of states whose court of last resort has conducted oral arguments remotely since the President’s national emergency on March 13.
Each state includes a link to the oral arguments stream, recording or oral argument calendar.
Remote live video: (35 states) Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan (screenshot above), Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Remote live audio (8 states): Massachusetts, Missouri, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming
Remote delayed audio (1): Connecticut
What are the other six states doing?
The Montana Supreme Court skipped remote hearings altogether and conducted oral arguments in person beginning on May 20.
Top courts in the other five – Alabama, Delaware, Iowa, Mississippi and Oklahoma – have canceled arguments altogether.