S.M. Oliva on the Case for Cameras in the Supreme Court

England, Australia, Canada, and many other
nations allow cameras in their high courts. Yet the U.S. Supreme
Court continues to oppose such transparency. One justice even told
Congress, “I can tell you the day you see a camera come into our
courtroom, it’s going to roll over my dead body.” But as S.M. Oliva
argues, there is little reason any American should have confidence
in the Court’s decisions on issues like freedom of the press and
government surveillance when the justices themselves continue to
hide behind closed doors.

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