The Senate Judiciary Committee passed several measures Thursday addressing greater transparency in the judicial system — including televising U.S. Supreme Court hearings.
One of the bills, the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act, would allow chief district and appellate judges to permit cameras in court. That bill asks the Judicial Conference to devise guidelines that judges can use in deciding whether to permit cameras. And the bill also instructs the Judicial Conference to craft guidelines that address the protection of undercover officers and crime victims, among other people.
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