Reps. Rally for Cameras in the Courtroom Outside the Supreme Court, Introduce Bipartisan Eyes on the Courts Act

Statement

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet and senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, along with Reps. Mike Quigley (D-IL), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), and Ted Poe (R-TX) continued their call for greater public access to our federal court deliberations with a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. The members also introduced the bipartisan Eyes on the Courts Act, which would require cameras be permitted in the Supreme Court and at all federal appellate courts.

"Public scrutiny of government proceedings is essential to democracy," said Rep. Nadler. "But, in an age when we have nearly a thousand channels available to us on our television sets, and can stream almost unlimited programming on our smart phones, we do not have televised access to our federal courts. How is it possible that we can keep up with the Kardashians, but we cannot keep up with the Supreme Court? This legislation would finally bring these important cases into public view, by requiring that cameras be allowed in all Supreme Court and federal appellate court proceedings."

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