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Supreme Court rejects televised coverage of health care arguments


By JENNIFER HABERKORN | 3/16/12 1:44 PM EDT

The Supreme Court on Friday confirmed it will not televise coverage of the health care reform case oral arguments, but it will provide same-day audio of the proceedings.

Lawmakers, media organizations and several open government groups had requested that the court break with tradition and allow television cameras inside the courtroom for the first time for the three days of oral arguments against President Barack Obama’s health care reform law.

But many close court watchers did not expect the court — which only in recent years allowed audio to be released the same week of oral argument — to allow televised proceedings.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74114.html#ixzz1pNBlqNLM




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