The U.S. Supreme Court is closed to the public due to coronavirus concerns, but the closure could ironically increase court access in some ways, if the justices heed the latest calls to live-stream arguments.
The high court should “make alternative arrangements in order to ensure that the public has full transparency into the Court’s dealings,” a coalition of nearly a dozen progressive interest groups, including the court-focused Demand Justice, said in a statement on Friday.
“In order to ensure full transparency and maintain trust from the public,” the groups said, “the Supreme Court must make its oral arguments available ...