A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

United States115th CongressS-649Senate
Updated: Mar 15, 2017

Summary

Cameras in the Courtroom Act This bill requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.

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Timeline

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HR-464: To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1846)

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  2. Introduced in Senate

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