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Electronic filing systems, and freely searchable dockets/filings have been available by various clerk of courts for sometime. Some of these clerk of courts als
by will_brown 9y ago
Electronic filing systems, and freely searchable dockets/filings have been available by various clerk of courts for sometime.
Some of these clerk of courts also include public record searches, which I have used for deeds and other publicly recorded documents. Other record offices can be separate offices from the clerk of courts.
Unfortunately, clerk of court systems (online or off) are neither universal, integrated or interoperable. And though you might think SCOTUS would take the opportunity as you say, they are about the slowest moving and beholden to tradition of all the courts (as evidenced by them developing this late in the game or still not allowing video of hearings).
- rayiner 9y agoI'm on the side of Scalia here. If I had my druthers nothing would ever be televised, only available as transcript. Video as a medium makes people stupid (see, e.g., the modern web).
- will_brown 9y agoI'd probably enjoy a lot of the non verbal communication of the Justices and counsel, but you and Scalia are in good company. Its not a well know issue but one people are very sincere about. And I'm not knocking the Court when I say it's slow moving and beholden to tradition, not everything is meant to move fast and break.
- icebraining 9y agoIf it serves as consolation, the Ninth Circuit already has an YouTube channel[1], of which I'm a frequent viewer. For some good back-and-forth, I recommend watching hearings with Judge Kozinski. [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/9thcirc https://www.youtube.com/user/9thcirc