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What it doesSummary reported to senate without amendment (Mar 30, 2006)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the federal judicial code to require the U.S. Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the justices decide, by majority vote, that such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court.
What just happenedMar 30, 2006
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 384.
Who’s behind it
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 384.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-331.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10429)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10426-10429)
Introduced in Senate
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the federal judicial code to require the U.S. Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the justices decide, by majority vote, that such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court.
Amends the federal judicial code to require the U.S. Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the justices decide, by majority vote, that such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court.