Study Shows Strong Support for Cameras in Supreme Court

Public support for televising Supreme Court oral arguments is at an all-time high, according to C-SPAN, which just released a new poll on attitudes toward the High Court. According to the poll, conducted in conjunction with researcher Penn Schoen Berland (PSB), 76 percent of respondents said that the court should allow TV coverage; that view is up 15 percentage points from a June 2009 survey, C-SPAN said. A little less than half the respondents (43 percent) said they thought televising the proceedings would boost the public's respect for the process. "Greater visibility from televised oral arguments may represent a path for the US Supreme Court to better explain their decisions and also improve their image," PSB principal Robert Green said in announcing the results.