S. 1768 · 109th Congress
A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
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SpecterSponsor7 cosponsors · 4 D, 3 R
6 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Amends the federal judicial code to require the U.S. Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the justices decide, by majority vote, that such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court.
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate without amendment · Mar 30, 2006
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the federal judicial code to require the U.S. Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the justices decide, by majority vote, that such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
Latest action (Mar 30, 2006): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 384.
Policy area: Law · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 26, 2005
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.