S. 344 · 110th Congress
A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
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SpecterSponsor5 cosponsors · 3 D, 2 R
4 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
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.
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate without amendment · Jul 29, 2008
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
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.
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 (Sep 8, 2008): By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 110-448.
Policy area: Law · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 22, 2007
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.