TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Oct 9, 2015

New bipartisan legislation introduced in Congress Thursday is attempting once again to allow broadcast and video coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal appeals courts, Legal Times reports. "How is it possible that we can keep up with the Kardashians, but we cannot keep up with the Supreme Court?" Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, said. The “Eyes on the Courts Act 2015” would allow the chief justice of the United States and chief judges of the appeals courts to close particular proceedings to cameras if broadcast would "violate the due process rights of a party to the proceeding or is otherwise not in the interests of justice."