Sen Klobuchar: Cameras won’t turn Supreme Court into ‘Judge Judy’

Supporters of televised Supreme Court arguments said there’s no reason for the Justices to fear broader public access to their hearings — including the landmark case over President Obama’s healthcare law.

Senators from both parties have been pushing for decades to allow cameras into the Supreme Court’s chambers. But many of the justices fear their dense, aggressive questioning would be taken out of context, and that cameras would foster the public grandstanding often seen in Congress and the executive branch. “I’m trying to picture Ruth Bader Ginsburg turning into Judge Judy. I just don’t think it’s going to happen,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said during a hearing on the subject.