Why we're not going to see cameras in the courtroom anytime soon

A House of Representatives hearing on having cameras in US courtrooms confirmed that, as Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) put it, opinions on the matter are "strongly and sincerely held." It's just that those opinions are diametrically opposed to one another, which helps explain why it's unlikely we're going to see cameras in federal courts, especially the US Supreme Court, anytime soon. Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress have been pushing for courts to start widely recording and broadcasting their proceedings for at least the past 15 years, but judges have largely resisted the move. We won't see cameras in courts until the opinions inside the judicial institution match the opinions of the nation, or for that matter, of Congress.