HOUSE 464115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Cameras in the Courtroom Act
- Last Action
- 2/6/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-06Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- 2017-01-12Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2017-01-12Introduced in House
- 2017-01-12Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-12 (00)
Cameras in the Courtroom Act
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.
Cosponsors (11)
- Ted Poe (R-TX)
- Kathy Castor (D-FL)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
- JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- John Yarmuth (D-KY)
- Keith Ellison (D-MN)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Subjects
- Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
- Due process and equal protection
- Supreme Court
- Television and film
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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