It has happened again. Yet another justice who spoke favorably as a nominee about allowing cameras in the Supreme Court has gone native and now thinks it’s a bad idea.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in several stops on her often televised book tour, has opined that televising oral arguments “could be more misleading than helpful” to viewers who have not delved into the issues before the court. She told Charlie Rose on PBS February 6 that “very few of them understand what our process is.” That potential for mass misunderstanding, in Sotomayor’s view, justifies killing the lights.
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