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Prop 8 Trial May Be Televised
20 hours ago ago from Joe. My. God.
The Ninth Circuit Court has authorized televised trials in some cases, leading to the expectation that the Olson/Boies attempt to repeal Proposition 8 will be be viewed nationwide. Guess who doesn't like that? The Judicial Council of the 9th Circuit authorized television cameras in certain district court proceedings Thursday, reviving a national controversy just weeks before a groundbreaking trial over same-sex marriage is slated to begin in ...
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Previously: Screw "Trauma", Would You Watch The Prop 8 Challenge Show? Television cameras may be coming soon, for the first time, to a limited number of federal trial courtrooms in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose. The Judicial Council of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced in San Francisco today it has approved a pilot program for the limited use of cameras in federal trial courts in the nine western states in the ...
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The Prop 8 challenge could be the first case to be televised under new authorization from The Judicial Council of the 9th Circuit, according to The Recorder : The Judicial Council of the 9th Circuit authorized television cameras in certain district court proceedings Thursday, reviving a national controversy just weeks before a groundbreaking trial over same-sex marriage is slated to begin in San Francisco. The 9th Circuit currently ...
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Video cameras, long banned from most federal courtrooms, could be used in civil trials throughout the West under a new rule in the federal judiciary's Ninth Circuit. One of the first cases to be televised could be next month's hearing over a challenge to California's same-sex marriage ban . The move was announced Thursday by Alex Kozinski , the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Judge Kozinski called ...
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