Cameras in the Courtroom Act

Bill: 115-hr-464
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2017-01-12
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies

Due process and equal protection

Supreme Court

Television and film
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Cameras in the Courtroom Act</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 464 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 2017 Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mr. Poe of Texas , Ms. Castor of Florida , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Nadler , Ms. Norton , Mr. Quigley , and Mr. Yarmuth ) 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. .