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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 judge presides except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party.<br/>Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of the right to make such request. Prohibits the presiding judge from permitting the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising of any juror in a trial proceeding, or of the jury selection process. Gives the presiding judge the discretion to obscure the face and voice of an individual under certain conditions if good cause can be shown that the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising of the individual would threaten the individual's safety. Prohibits any interlocutory appeal of the decision of the presiding judge of whether or not to permit, deny, or terminate the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising of a court proceeding. Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate advisory guidelines to which a presiding judge is required to refer in making decisions regarding the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act. Prohibits any audio pickup or broadcast of conferences in a court proceeding between attorneys and their clients, between co-counsel of a client, between adverse counsel, or between counsel and the presiding judge, if the conferences are not part of the official record of the proceedings.

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Lindsey Graham [R, SC] 6517 N00009975 11418 Republican 202-224-5972 Southern Baptist SC Lindsey Graham 2.9625 http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/ L000174 1940-03-31 12797 433 Russell Senate Office Building http://leahy.senate.gov/contact.cfm 202-224-3479 Patrick 'd':4 'vt':5 'sen':1 'leahi':3,7,9 'patrick':2,6,8 M 300065 Leahy Patrick_Leahy J. Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT] 6604 N00009918 10168 Democrat 202-224-4242 Roman Catholic VT Patrick Leahy 4.375 http://leahy.senate.gov/ SenatorPatrickLeahy S000148 1950-11-23 15008 313 Hart Senate Office Building http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/contact.cfm 202-228-3027 Charles 'd':4 'ny':5 'sen':1 'charl':2,6,8 'schumer':3,7,9 M 300087 Schumer Charles_Schumer E. Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] 7782 N00001093 20755 Democrat 202-224-6542 Jewish NY Chuck Charles Schumer 2.2 http://schumer.senate.gov/ senatorschumer S000709 1930-02-12 13782 711 Hart Senate Office Building http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm 202-228-1229 Arlen 'd':4 'pa':5 'sen':1 'arlen':2,6,8 'specter':3,7,9 M 300092 Specter Arlen_Specter Sen. Arlen Specter [D, PA] 5980 N00001604 19378 Democrat 202-224-4254 Jewish PA Arlen Specter 1.88188976377953 http://specter.senate.gov/ action 40446 1205380800 Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 -0500 2008 147762 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments. Without written report. calendar 40446 1205380800 Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 -0500 2008 147763 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618. action 40446 1204779600 Thu Mar 06 00:00:00 -0600 2008 146888 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. calendar 40446 1204779600 Thu Mar 06 00:00:00 -0600 2008 177995 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. action 40446 1204779600 Thu Mar 06 00:00:00 -0600 2008 146686 Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m. action 40446 1202965200 Thu Feb 14 00:00:00 -0600 2008 145461 Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m. action 40446 1201755600 Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 -0600 2008 144331 Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m. action 40446 1197522000 Thu Dec 13 00:00:00 -0600 2007 142596 Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m. action 40446 1196917200 Thu Dec 06 00:00:00 -0600 2007 142595 Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m. action 40446 1195102800 Thu Nov 15 00:00:00 -0600 2007 136433 Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m. action 40446 1194498000 Thu Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2007 135943 Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m. action 40446 1193889600 Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0500 2007 135355 Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m. action 40446 1171429200 Wed Feb 14 00:00:00 -0600 2007 93327 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. action 40446 1169442000 Mon Jan 22 00:00:00 -0600 2007 114890 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S837) action 40446 1169442000 Mon Jan 22 00:00:00 -0600 2007 104660 Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S837) introduced 40446 1169442000 Mon Jan 22 00:00:00 -0600 2007 91503 action 40446 1169442000 Mon Jan 22 00:00:00 -0600 2007 91504 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.