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Listen to the Supreme Court Live Stream Its Oral Arguments for the First Time Ever

• https://www.vice.com, By Samantha Cole

For the first time in history, you can listen in on the Supreme Court oral arguments live, as justices call in from their homes, where they're working until further notice due to coronavirus social distancing practices.

Normally, the Supreme Court of the United States makes audio of the arguments available online on Fridays, but now, the arguments will be available to stream online, as they happen. The live streams will go on for the first two weeks in May.

Supreme Court Justices will call in by phone conference to hear cases. According to the Freedom of the Press Foundation, justices will ask questions in order of seniority, "instead of the typical free-for-all, and will provide the first opportunity for broad segments of the public to have real-time access to the proceedings of the nation's highest court."

You can view the oral arguments schedule here, and listen to the SCOTUS hearings live on C-SPAN.

Bruce Collins, general counsel for C-SPAN, called the development unexpected—especially after decades of news organizations fighting for greater transparency into the courtroom.


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