Sharyl Attkisson – Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) together with five of their Senate colleagues recently re-introduced legislation that would allow cameras in federal courtrooms.
The legislation represents a bi-partisan effort to permit media coverage of trial and appellate cases in federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States.
In much the same way that C-SPAN fostered a greater understanding of the legislative process and improved transparency in Congress, allowing cameras in federal courtrooms would contribute to a better understanding of the American judicial system. This bill accomplishes that all while keeping in place privacy protections for witnesses and jurors
- Senator Charles Grassley
So we can see ourselves screwed over in real time?
Wrong! Then teevee viewers would be fed snippets of the most sensational moments encouraging them to “find” for the broadcaster without having witnessed the entire proceeding. Cameras should be removed from all courtrooms.
Bad idea but I’d love to flip off Roberts in real time.
Time to scrap the whole system, fire everybody and start over.
TV is a destroyer. This is a terrible idea, designed to.redu e our courts to pop media, and easy to use as political theater.
Does that mean all judges and counsel will have to join the Actor’s Union?
This comes to mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-1s2gqDs_U
Television will just go from bad to worse!
anyone remember what a circus the O.J. trail became after ‘Judge’ Ito allowed live coverage?