Cameras in the Courtroom Act

Bill: 113-hr-96
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-03
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies

Due process and equal protection

Supreme Court

Television and film
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Cameras in the Courtroom Act - 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.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 96 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2013 Mr. Connolly (for himself and Mr. Poe of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cameras in the Courtroom Act . 2. Amendment to title 28 (a) In general Chapter 45 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings The Supreme Court shall permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the Court decides, by a vote of the majority of justices, that allowing such coverage in a particular case would constitute a violation of the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court. . (b) Clerical amendment The chapter analysis for chapter 45 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings. .