[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 446 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 446

         To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2009

 Mr. Specter (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
Feingold, and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
         To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 45 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting at the end the following:
``Sec. 678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings
    ``The Supreme Court shall permit television coverage of all open 
sessions of the Court unless the Court decides, by a vote of the 
majority of justices, that allowing such coverage in a particular case 
would constitute a violation of the due process rights of 1 or more of 
the parties before the Court.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The chapter analysis for chapter 45 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the 
following:

``678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings.''.
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