Media and Public Access
Supreme Court justices should end their broadcast media ban and allow the public to demonstrate on the plaza in front of the building.
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As the court's media policies are debated internally, we believe it should - at the very least - permit a live audio feed of its most closely watched cases.
“They were for it before they were against.”
At the time of their nominations, all nine current Supreme Court justices were in favor of granting broadcast media access (that’s live video and audio coverage) in the courtroom for oral argument. But, curiously, they each changed their minds once they reached the high court.
Video coverage of Supreme Court hearings has never been allowed, and the audio files of such hearings are released at the end of the week, rendering them all but useless to news managers across the country.
To make public access to the public institution even more challenging, the court does not allow individuals to congregate or demonstrate on its spacious front the plaza. The U.S. Department of Justice even prosecuted a man for having the audacity to stand on the plaza while holding a sign.
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