WASHINGTON (AP) — There are new calls to open the U.S. Supreme Court to cameras, or at least microphones. Rep. Mike Quigley, a Chicago-area Democrat, introduced a bill last week that would require live streaming audio of arguments at the ...

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Legislation that would give chief judges in federal trial and appellate courts the right to decide whether cameras would be allowed in court proceedings has been advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Members of the Senate are looking to shine a little light into federal courtrooms. A bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., has been re-introduced to provide media coverage of federal court proceedings.

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A bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers has introduced a bill to give federal trial and appellate judges the authority to allow cameras in the courtroom. The Sunshine in the Courtroom Act, S. 410, would allow the chief judge of a federal trial ...

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During a recent discussion in Boston, retired Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter chatted with veteran Supreme Court journalist Linda Greenhouse about how the public image of judges — including Supreme Court justices — has changed over the years.

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The Judicial Conference has approved a plan to allow some civil proceedings in federal trial court to be videotaped, and to provide the recordings to the public. The conference, the policy-making body for the federal judiciary ...

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When the U.S. Supreme Court closed its front doors to the public, ending the practice of having visitors ascend the great marble staircase in front of the building and pass through the massive, bronze doors under the words ...

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The Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced a bill that would require the U.S. Supreme Court to allow cameras in its courtroom unless the justices vote otherwise in a particular case.

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