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HR 3572 112th Congress House

Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011

Official title: To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Introduced: March 5, 2012 See on congress.gov
Law Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesDue process and equal protectionSupreme CourtTelevision and film
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Dec 6, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 6, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2192)
Dec 6, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 6, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

The Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011 - Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 8
OLVER, JOHN
· Mar 5, 2012
FILNER, BOB
· Feb 16, 2012
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 15, 2012
Lance, Leonard
· Feb 15, 2012
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Dec 15, 2011
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Dec 15, 2011
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Dec 15, 2011
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Dec 15, 2011
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Dec 15, 2011
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Dec 13, 2011
Pearce, Stevan
· Dec 13, 2011
Poe, Ted
· Dec 8, 2011
FRANK, BARNEY
· Dec 7, 2011
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Dec 7, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3572: Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3572/
MLA
"H.R. 3572: Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3572/.
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H.R. 3572, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3572/.
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