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The U.S. Supreme Court has decided it will release the audio of every single oral argument -- but with a delay. The audio will be released each Friday on the court's Web site during weeks when argument is conducted.
However, this means the court will no longer release any of the audio to news organizations on the same day oral argument is heard. It is, apparently, some kind of a compromise. This way, the court can say it's releasing the audio. But it won't come out in time to be used in any same-day broadcasts.
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The Supreme Court's version of transparency--it will be available on Fridays only.
I wasn't aware Court proceedings were of the same rarity as clam chowder.
Huh?
I was likening the release of the Court's audio on Fridays-only to the fact that most restaurants don't serve clam chowder except on Fridays.
Exodite Dragon
No Worries, I got it :-)
Thank God for that, Amy. XD
Get an animator and make it a weekly cartoon, a la "Lil" Bush"?
This is right if not too transparent. The court should be insulated from the rantings of media/public opinion. The court's job is to make just decisions, not popular ones.
The Court is open to the public. If you want to see and hear the proceedings, then, as Nike says, "just do it."
When court preceedings are televised they are great places for lawyers to grandstand and, thus, make a mockery of the great court. We see enough grandstanding in Congress we don't need it in the court too. The mere fact that any of the preceedings are recorded and released in any fashion later is better than totally behind closed doors. It's a good compromise.
I agree about not televising the Supreme Court hearings; I'm not much on televised trials either. Still, it would be nice if they released information more than once a week.