Cameras In The Supreme Court...In Britain

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Jul 17 2009, 12:00 pm by Chris Good

Not such a crazy idea after all? Sonia Sotomayor hinted this week, during her confirmation proceedings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, that she might not mind letting cameras into the Supreme Court, despite retiring Justice David Souter's staunch opposition to them. (Actually, she gave a non-answer, saying she'd recognize her role as a newcomer, but that she's had good experiences with cameras in her court before, and she usually tries to convince her colleagues to try new things when she joins a new court.) Today, BBC reports that the UK's Supreme Court will alow cameras when it begins hearing cases later this year.

Comments (2)

Andy in Texas July 17, 2009 12:57 PM

Only if they also have one of those real-time-audience-approval meters like during the presidential debates last year. That would be soooooo awesome.

From the little I know of the procedure of oral arguments before the court, the recreation of Bush v. Gore in the HBO film Recunt was dead-on.

Womble July 19, 2009 5:35 PM

If anyone has ever tried watching the BBC parliament channel you'd be amazed just how hard it is to actually watch for more than five minutes without falling asleep :) Pamela Wiggins