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Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2008
A bill to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings.
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- Official: A bill to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings. as introduced.
- Short: Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2008 as reported to senate.
- Short: Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007 as introduced.
3/13/2008--Reported to Senate amended. Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2008 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that jSee Full Bill Text
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- Added to calendar on Mar 13, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618..
- Mar 13, 2008: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments. Without written report.
- Mar 06, 2008: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Mar 06, 2008: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
- Feb 14, 2008: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
- Jan 31, 2008: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
- Dec 13, 2007: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
- Dec 06, 2007: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
- Nov 15, 2007: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
- Nov 08, 2007: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
- Nov 01, 2007: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
- Feb 14, 2007: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
- Jan 22, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jan 22, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S837)
- Introduced on Jan 22, 2007.
- Jan 22, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S837)
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The panel voted 10-8-1 to send the S. 352, the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007, to the Senate floor. The House Judiciary Committee endorsed similar ...
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wait- does this in any way shape or form impact judge judy ?
This seems like a good idea to me. As long as they deal with the need for some people to remain anonymous that is... I especially like the idea of more media attention on these matters so that people might know more about them. I know I'm woefully ignorant of a lot of what is going on in our courts. And if the media has pictures and videos to show I do think they'd be more interested.
I'm not sure about this. This doesn't really "provide for media"... it kind sounds like it takes away from.
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