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Scalia: Cameras in Supreme Court would 'mis-educate' Americans
If Justice Antonin Scalia has his way, don’t expect to see Supreme Court proceedings on the evening news anytime soon.
In the run-up to the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act, calls came from many quarters of the Capitol to open the proceedings to television cameras, including from Sens. Patrick Leahy and Chuck Grassley, the chairman and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. In a new interview, though, Scalia says he believes televising court proceedings would do more harm than good.
“I am against it because I do not believe, as the proponents of television in the court assert, that the purpose of televising our hearings would be to educate the American people,” Scalia said in an excerpt provided by C-SPAN. Scalia sat down with C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb for the show “Q&A” as the court's longest serving justice makes the rounds on a book tour.
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