SCOTUS Livestream Debut Bodes Well For Arguments to Come (1)

The U.S. Supreme Court’s first foray into livestream audio of arguments delivered by phone went relatively smoothly on Monday, given all that could have gone wrong.

The high court pulled off the unprecedented event without any major hitches as the world listened live via CSPAN. The broadcast gave court watchers and lawyers arguing later in the telephonic session the opportunity to gather intelligence on what to do when it’s their time to dial in.

Veteran high court advocate Lisa Blatt and assistant to the U.S. solicitor general Erica Ross were the test subjects in the notoriously techno-cautious court’s electronic ...