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Supreme Court to Post Same-Day Transcripts

By Jeralyn, Section Supreme Court
Posted on Thu Sep 14, 2006 at 11:14:27 PM EST
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This is progress. The Supreme Court has announced that beginning next month, it will post transcripts of oral arguments the same day they are argued. They will be available free on the court's website.

I hope televised oral arguments are next. While I am not in favor of televising criminal trials or pre-trial hearings without the consent of the defendant, I think appellate hearings consisting solely of legal arguments should be available to all. They are a tremendous educational tool.

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    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Sep 14, 2006 at 11:10:14 PM EST
    Coupled with another recent innovation, the identification in the transcripts of which justice is asking a particular question, the court's new policy "creates the potential for more intelligent speculation by more people than just those who were in the courtroom about how a particular case is going to come out," Lazarus said.
    This is good news. Is it possible they are tying to balance the melodramatic "news" of CourtTV with something, shall we say, more real and dignified? Just a guess, but it is possible the Court thinks the press takes its First Amendment rights too far and a good argument before them could limit speculation because it doesn'