S.Res. 339: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate in support of permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

111th Congress · introduced 2009-11-05 · Law · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-11-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate in support of permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Supreme Court should permit live television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the Court decides, by a vote of the majority of justices, that allowing such coverage in a particular case would constitute a violation of the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court.

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate in support of permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] · 9 cosponsors

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John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111sres339.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/sres>

Record fed-us-cong111-sres339 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111