MAYDAY MAYDAY, History Happening At SCOTUS Next Week. Don’t Miss A Moment!
May 1, 2020
NUMBER ONE THING YOU NEED TO KNOW
|On Monday, the Supreme Court kicks off its May session of remote oral arguments and for the first time in its history the public can listen in live — yes, that means you! Fix the Court has collected all of the access info you need to tune in, as well as some helpful background on each of the cases. Monday’s hearing begins at 10 AM Eastern.
THE REAL BREAKTHROUGH
|“Thirty-two years ago, C-SPAN made its first formal request to the Supreme Court, offering to televise the court’s oral arguments live and gavel to gavel.” It all started with that initial request to CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM REHNQUIST, and at long last the door has been cracked open with the real-time broadcasting of arguments. Tony Mauro contributes to the Freedom Forum with an interview with BRUCE COLLINS, C-SPAN’s longtime vice president and legal counsel. Collins told Mauro, “The breakthrough isn’t that the Supreme Court decided to do its work via a teleconference. That is old news for lots of businesses and governmental bodies. The significant and unexpected development is that the court decided to let C-SPAN and other news outlets cover its oral arguments on a live basis. Live coverage is the sine qua non (essential condition) of electronic journalism. You can get the story out immediately. Waiting until the end of week, or later, for the audio tape means you’re not as current and may be overtaken by subsequent news events.”
SEE YOU MONDAY!
|If you can’t listen live to arguments next week, you can always count on SCOTUSDaily to send you all the updates you need. Until then, have a safe and sane weekend.