February 10th, 2012
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Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would “permit television coverage of all open sessions” of the Supreme Court. If this bill is approved by the full Senate, it will grant greater access to the proceedings of the court. Currently, justices only provide transcripts and audio recordings of their oral arguments. 

Read more about what this means for government transparency on Wired: Bill Opening Supreme Court to Cameras Heads to Senate Floor.

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    It’s about time.
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    scotusTV > CSPAN, any day wnyc:onaissues:
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    Maybe this will convince Clarence Thomas that he has to actually keep his eyes open and at least pretend to listen...
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    Where can I watch? Is this gonna be on c-span 5, so it’s only available to satellite subscribers? It would be really...
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    popcorn. —A.P.
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