Cameras in the Court- What Do You Think?

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Just about every cellphone these days contains a camera. Add these millions of fickle lenses to the growing number of security, surveillance, computer and video cameras, and you’ve got no where to hide.

Unless you are in court.

Today, America’s top courts do not allow cameras in to their proceedings…But maybe not for much longer…

The legal team here at USDemocrazy has been watching this subject. But some internet buzz is focusing on the Cameras in the Big Kahuna – the Supreme Court. We’ve got your rundown:

On May 3rd, the NYTimes threw in their hat for putting cameras into the Court:

Americans have a right and a need to watch the nation’s highest court thrash out questions of immense legal and social significance.

Leagle.com tends to agree with the good people at the NYTimes:

If O.J. Simpson can be televised in court, so should Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna. Admittedly, that’s a stretch, one of the few times you’ll find those two men mentioned in the same sentence, but it’s one way of supporting the argument to televise proceedings before the U.S. Supreme Court.

And here is a really nifty little article from Above The Law, where a television reporter gives his perspective:

I report for television — KITV4 News, the ABC affiliate in Honolulu, to be specific. I don’t cover many stories in federal district court anymore, because the court won’t let me bring in my tools: a camera and microphone.

But, a lot of the Court justices don’t feel the same way. And this IS A REALLY COOL CITE BY CSPAN! It’s a bit old, but gives all the recent justices’ views on cameras in the Court. Here’s the Chief Justice’s view:

Well, my new best friend, Senator Thompson, assures me that television cameras are nothing to be afraid of. But I don’t have a set view on that.

But we here at USDemocrazy want to know what YOU think!