High Court Still Resistant to “Supreme Court TV”

Justices Kennedy and Thomas testified before a House committee yesterday to discuss the court’s $76.4 million budget request. When the issue of televising the Court’s proceedings was raised, Justice Kennedy said it raised a “sensitive point” about the constitutional separation of powers and that it wasn’t for Congress to decide. He said: “We feel very strongly that we have intimate knowledge of the dynamics and the mood of the court, and we think that proposals mandating and directing television in our court are inconsistent with the deference and etiquette that should apply between the branches.”