Iowa hearing deciding on camera ban closed to media; Illinois high court maintains camera ban; Georgia Supreme Court overturns ban in murder trial
Television cameras could venture into now forbidden territory - the nation's highest court - if a bill introduced by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee passes. The legislation, introduced in September, calls for U.S. Supreme Court sessions to be televised, though at least two justices oppose the idea.
An Iowa judge decided in a September hearing closed to journalists that a felony HIV-transmission trial will be shuttered to cameras. The Illinois Supreme Court, without comment, denied a request to change its rules on …