Whether high court hearings should be televised has been an ongoing topic on this blog (see
here,
here and
here). In the United States, at least at the federal level, the Supreme Court has rejected calls to televise its hearings, although the
audio version of the hearings are made available after the fact. In the UK, the Supreme Court has taken transparency one step further by releasing video of its hearings after the fact. And apparently these videocasts are becoming
increasingly popular. To get a better understanding of the debate over cameras in the courtroom, I suggest taking a quick glance at the
Debatepedia page on the topic.
