A number of cases scheduled to be heard in March and April
were postponed due
to the pandemic, but now telephone conference availability of counsel has been
confirmed for at least 10 cases, including McGirt v. Oklahoma, Chiafalo v. Washington, and Trump v. Vance. While hearing these cases, justices and
counsel will participate remotely while a live audio feed will be available to
news media. It is presently unknown how hearing oral arguments via
teleconference will affect the date at which rulings are determined.
Fix the Court, a nonpartisan Supreme Court monitoring group, reports that 72 percent of Americans support remote
conferencing for the Supreme Court during the ongoing pandemic. “The American
public expects Supreme Court justices to use modern technology to continue
doing their jobs,” says Fix the Court Executive Director Gabe Roth, “and that
includes hearing oral arguments.”
This unprecedented move will present a logistical challenge,
but is in the best interest of the justices’ health as six of the nine justices
are in the most-vulnerable age group for contracting COVID-19. The Supreme
Court Building remains open for essential business, but closed to the general
public.
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