June 2020 Bar Bulletin
By Carolyn Ladd
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, for the first time ever the United States Supreme Court is conducting ten oral arguments by telephone conference. Usually the Court records its oral arguments and makes those recordings available on the Friday of argument week on their website.1 Now the Court is making a live audio feed of the telephone conference available to media outlets who are making the audio available live to the public. CSPAN.org is carrying the live audio stream and is featuring live blogging from SCOTUS Blog writers.
Usually the attorneys who argue in front of the court in person are peppered by the justices...