US SR339 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Introduced on November 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-06-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on November 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-06-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Supreme Court should permit live television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the Court decides, by a vote of the majority of justices, that allowing such coverage in a particular case would constitute a violation of the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court.
Title
A resolution to express the sense of the Senate in support of permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
Sponsors
| Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] | Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] |
| Sen. Edward Kaufman [D-DE] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT] | Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY] |
| Sen. Arlen Specter [D-PA] | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-06-08 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421. | |
| 2010-06-08 | Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report. | |
| 2010-04-29 | Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | |
| 2009-11-05 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11218) | |
| 2009-11-05 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11218-11221) |
Same As/Similar To
HB429 (Related) 2009-01-09 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
SB446 (Related) 2010-06-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 420.
SB446 (Related) 2010-06-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 420.
Subjects
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Due process and equal protection
Law
Supreme Court
Television and film
Due process and equal protection
Law
Supreme Court
Television and film
