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: The GavelSpecter to Press for Cameras at High Court
By Peter Hardin
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A pilot plan for televising some federal civil trials is but a “will o’ the wisp,” says departing Sen. Arlen Specter, who plans to make a last stand to require cameras in the U.S. Supreme Court.
In a National Law Journal interview, the Pennsylvania Democrat, who was defeated in a primary election, not only dismissed the Judicial Conference-approved plan (see Gavel Grab) but also vowed to press ahead with his bill to require televising of Supreme Court oral arguments (go to Gavel Grab for details).
“My background is in the law, and I have reverence for the law,” Specter told reporter Tony Mauro. “The public has a need to know what the Supreme Court is doing, a right to know what they are doing.”
Full post as published by The Gavel on September 16, 2010 (boomark / email).
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