A bill to allow media coverage of court proceedings.

Summary

Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides. Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of his or her right to make such request. Authorizes the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate advisory guidelines to which a presiding judge may refer in making decisions regarding the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 22 May 2003

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 22 May 2003

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• Reported to Senate without amendment

  summary · EN · 22 May 2003

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 March 2003

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 March 2003

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 March 2003

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