The work of the Supreme Court and other federal appeals courts has broad implications for the country, and real-time access to their proceedings ought not be limited to the few who can travel to a courthouse and spend hours waiting to get in.
All federal courts follow the same Constitution, so the differences in procedure among them are baffling.
Today’s livestream in the Second Circuit - not to mention routine livestreams in the Ninth and D.C. Circuits - demonstrates that technology is nothing to be afraid of.