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Articles on Cameras in the Court

• Warren Richey: "Can Congress force Supreme Court to let in cameras?" (December 7, 2011)  
• Reuters: "Supreme Court ready for TV? It's a split decision" (December 6, 2011)  
• Blog of Legal Times: "Witnesses Doubt Congress' Authority to Impose Cameras on Supreme Court" (December 6, 2011)  
• Massachusetts Republican editorial: "Time for 'Court TV' at the Supreme Court" (December 5, 2011)  
• NYT's Adam Liptak: "Supreme Court TV? Nice Idea, but Still Not Likely" (Nov. 30, 2011)  
• Washington Post: "End the ban on cameras in the Supreme Court" (Nov. 26, 2011)  
• Orlando Sentinel: "High Court TV" (Nov. 26, 2011)  
• Foster’s Daily Democrat: "High court hearing should be on C-SPAN" (Nov. 25, 2011)  
• Lancaster New Era: "Supreme Court and TV cameras" (Nov. 25, 2011)  
• Cedar Rapids Gazette: "Allow the cameras" (Nov. 23, 3011)  
• Lyle Denniston: "TV in the Supreme Court? Don’t count on it" (Nov. 22, 2011)  
• Roanoke Times: "The Supreme Court should get over its fear of cameras for the health care reform hearing" (Nov. 22, 2011)  
• Time Magazine: "Why Won't The Supreme Court Allow TV Cameras?" (Nov. 21, 2011)  
• Portland Oregonian: "Cameras in court should be Supreme" (Nov. 20, 2011)  
• Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: "The case for televising high court arguments" (Nov. 20, 2011)  
• Keene Sentinel: "The court should say yes." (Nov. 20, 2011)  
• NH Union Leader: "Obamacare in court Obama should back C-SPAN" (Nov. 20, 2011)  
• Charleston Daily Mail: "Roberts should trust Lamb and C-SPAN to broadcast this historic hearing." (Nov. 19, 2011)  
• St. Petersburg Times: "Let C-SPAN televise health care argument" (Nov. 19, 2011)  
• National Review: "Against Televising the Obamacare Oral Argument" (Nov. 18, 2011)  
• Poughkeepsie Journal: "Show health case on TV" (Nov. 18, 2011)  
• New York Times editorial: "Exceptional Court Coverage" (Nov. 18, 2011)  
• "Leahy: Supreme Court Should Make Proceedings More Publicly Available" (Nov. 17, 2011)  
• Blog of Legal Times: "Supreme Court Is Asked to Allow Cameras for Health Care Arguments" (Nov. 16, 2011)  
• The Hill: "C-SPAN asks Supreme Court to allow cameras for healthcare case" (Nov. 15, 2011)  
• AP/Washington Post: "C-SPAN asks Supreme Court to let it televise next spring’s health care arguments live" (Nov. 15, 2011)  
• Reuters: "Supreme Court asked to broadcast healthcare case" (Nov. 15, 2011)  
• DC Examiner: "C-SPAN requests televised Obamacare oral arguments" (Nov. 15, 2011)  
• LA Times: "C-SPAN seeks to air Supreme Court healthcare arguments" (Nov. 15, 2011)  
• Broadcasting & Cable: "C-SPAN Seeks to Cover Health Care Appeal in High Court" (Nov. 15, 2011)  
• SCOTUSblog: "Plea for TV of health care hearings" (Nov. 15, 2011)  
• Huffington Post: "C-SPAN Asks Supreme Court To Allow Cameras To Broadcast Oral Arguments About Health Care" (Nov. 15, 2011)  
• ABC News: "C-SPAN Asks Supreme Court To Televise Health Care Arguments" (Nov. 15, 2011)  
• Arlen Specter op-ed in Philadelphia Inquirer: "TV could boost Supreme Court's ratings" (Nov. 15, 2011)  
• Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial: "Allow broadcast of ObamaCare appeal" (Nov. 15, 2011)  
• SCOTUSblog debates cameras in the court (Oct. 21, 2011)  
• Kenneth Starr op-ed in NYT: "Open Up High Court to Cameras"(Oct. 3, 2011)  
• Legal Times: "No Cameras Allowed for Scalia Speech at Duquesne"(Sept. 23, 2011)  
• Reuters: "Britain to start televising court cases"(Sept. 6, 2011)  
• Reynolds Courts & Media Law Journal examines relationship between the modern media and the courts (summer 2011) 
• The Daily Record: "Just where is the Supreme Court's jury box?" (August 11, 2011) 
• The Florida Times-Union: "Casey Anthony Trial" (July 8, 2011) 
• TVNewser: "Cable Network Cameras in the Supreme Court? The Answer Is Still No" (June 27, 2011) 
• Politico: "Court of luddites?" (June 27, 2011) 
• Associated Press: "Chief justice uneasy about cameras in courtroom" (June 25, 2011) 
• Wall Street Journal: "Cameras Coming to Federal Court . . ." (June 9, 2011) 
• Legal Times: "Restrictive Rules Announced for Federal Courts Camera Experiment" (June 8, 2011) 
• CQ Researcher: "Should the Supreme Court permit live audio and video coverage?" (January 14, 2011) 
• The Olympian: "It's time for all courts to open up to broadcasting" (January 7, 2011) 
• American Journalism Review: "Supreme Arrogance" (December 22, 2010)  
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "State high court may televise arguments" (December 20, 2010)  
• New York Times: "Civil Rights in California" (December 11, 2010)  
• Washington Post: "Prop 8 case: A success for cameras in the court" (December 7, 2010)  
• Los Angeles Times: "Monday's must-see TV: What C-SPAN's broadcast of Monday's hearing made clear was both the high seriousness of the three judges hearing the case and the nonpartisan quality of their inquiries" (December 7, 2010)  
• San Francisco Chronicle: "Same-sex marriage hearing to be shown on C-SPAN" (November 19, 2010)  
• The Atlantic: "Cameras in the Supreme Court" (November 5, 2010)  
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram: "Supreme Court needs to follow 'liberal' lead on televising arguments" (November 4, 2010)  
• Mises Economics Blog: "Looking Underneath the Robes" (October 6, 2010)  
• Los Angeles Times: "Justices willing to be heard but still unwilling to be seen in court" (October 6, 2010)  
• USA Today: "3 women on high court, and you missed it" (October 6, 2010)  
• Legal Times Blog: "Supreme Court Will Release Argument Audio on Delayed Basis " (September 28, 2010)  
• Wall Street Journal: "Notable and Quotable" (September 6, 2010)  
• The Hill: "Stop the theater, let there be TV" (September 1, 2010)  
• LegalTimes: "In Canada's Supreme Court, Cameras are No Big Deal" (August 31, 2010)  
• ReasonTV: "Why Have Cameras Been in Katie Couric's Colon But Not The Supreme Court?" (August 4, 2010)  
• Fox News Politics Blog: "Momentum Builds for Cameras Inside the Supreme Court" (August 3, 2010)  
• Fox News (video): "Allow Cameras in the Supreme Court?" (August 3, 2010)  
• The Hill: "Cameras in the Court" (July 30, 2010)  
• USA Today: "Sen. Arlen Specter: 'Kagan did just enough to win my vote'" (July 15, 2010)  
• Providence Journal: Prof. Jeffrey McCall column: "Kagan testifies to love of show biz" (July 14, 2010)  
• Wall Street Journal: "Who's Afraid of Cameras in the Courtroom?" (July 2, 2010)  
• RTNDA press release: "RTDNA Encouraged by Elena Kagan's Stance on TV Cameras in the Supreme Court" (6/29/2010)  
• LA Times Top of the Ticket: "So you want to be on TV? Obama's nominee Elena Kagan is good with cameras in the Supreme Court" (6/29/2010)