Iowa Supreme Court Chief testifies before U.S. Congress on cameras in the courtroom
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December 27, 2011
Washington D.C. Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady testified before the United States Congress during hearings debating whether to include camera's in arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate Judiciary Committee called Cady to speak to the effects of cameras in the Iowa courts, which have been allowed since 1979. He gave an extremely positive review of the cameras, attempting to calm some of the fears of the committee members that the cameras would hamper justice and create an environment for opportunistic grandstanding from attorneys. He told the committee, “We don’t even see the cameras, we don’t even remember that they are in the courtroom. We go about doing our business as we have always done our business. And any fear of any problems have always been minimized or eliminated by the fact that the judge or the justices still maintain control of the courtroom.” He went on to state, "And I can cite no instance, no example, where in any way that the decision making of the court has been altered by the presence of cameras during an oral argument.”[1] The Senate Judiciary Committee has yet to decide on including cameras in the federal courts.
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Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Iowa, Southern District of Iowa • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Iowa, Southern District of Iowa
State courts:
Iowa Supreme Court • Iowa Court of Appeals • Iowa district courts
State resources:
Courts in Iowa • Iowa judicial elections • Judicial selection in Iowa
