McDonald oral arguments televised?

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When Heller was debated, my wife and I loved "watching" the recordings that day. Does anyone know if it is planned again for McDonald for this Tuesday?
 
This from Scotusblog.com:

http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/02/second-amendment-drama-act-ii/#more-16704

At 10 a.m. Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear one hour of oral argument in McDonald, et al., v. Chicago, et al. (08-1521). Alan Gura of Gura & Possessky in Alexandria, Va., will argue for four Chicago-area residents and two gun rights groups, followed by Paul D. Clement of King & Spaulding in Washington with 10 minutes for the National Rifle Association. James A. Feldman, as a special assistant to the Chicago corporation counsel, will argue for the cities of Chicago and Oak Park, Ill. Documents filed in the case are available at this page on ScotusWiki.
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From the Supreme Court's published calendar:

10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Oral Arguments: 10 a.m. - McDonald v. City of Chicago (08-1521)
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scotusblog's calendar shows 2 hours as well.

They nearly always schedule one hour per case, but for this one they have indeed left 2 hours open on the calendar. That doesn't mean there will be more than one hour of arguments. One hour is the norm. What that means is that the one hour may not start right at 10. That's what happened with Heller.

As for the transcripts, they are usually available the same day.
 
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Not sure why it makes any difference, but whatever.
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No desire to argue.
If, however, there was an extra hour, I would want to know who is going to get it!

Perhaps SCOTUS (I do not like this acronym) has blocked out 2 hours just in case things get interesting.

Looking forward to the transcript and maybe the audio.
 
If, however, there was an extra hour, I would want to know who is going to get it!
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No, there is only one hour of arguments, but they expect them to not start on time with big cases like this it seems. That's what happened with Heller anyway, they didn't start til well after 10.

So, if you want to try to follow it live it may well run past 11 est, that's all I am saying. No case gets more than an hour.
 
I probably won't be able to listen to it live because my retirement buddies and I are going to the range at that time slot!! :D
 
Two best parts of Heller:

1) When Scalia said something like: "Well, you might need a .270 for deer and a shotgun for this and a ..."

2) When it came out that under the D.C. restriction against unlocked guns a homeowner confronted by an intruder would need to turn on the light, find his glasses find the key to the trigger lock, unlock the gun . . ."
 
SCTOUSBlog said:
Starting with the fact that the Heller majority found a personal right to have a gun to be a right that existed even before the Constitution was written, it is difficult to imagine that a majority will do anything other than require state and local governments, too, to respect that right.
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One can hope.
 
When is the audio expected?
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The audio will be available at the start of the next SCOTUS term, around October. Sucks, I know.

BUT... Transcripts are available the the same day as the arguments so we can at least read what happened tomorrow.

And no. Arguments are not televised. They are not even video recorded, only audio.
 
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Starting with the fact that the Heller majority found a personal right to have a gun to be a right that existed even before the Constitution was written, it is difficult to imagine that a majority will do anything other than require state and local governments, too, to respect that right.

One can hope.
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Refreshing realism from the people who represented D.C. in Heller!

But note, they will not admit there is such a right, only that the 5-4 majority in Heller found there to be such a right.

As soon as the other side gets the majority kiss the RTKBA goodbye.
 
There are 2 hours scheduled because the court is hearing 2 cases. McDonald is first at 10. The next case is at 11.
 
crbgater, the Heller arguments were "televised" same day, one hour later, IIRC, an audio recording with the station putting up pictures of those who were speaking, that's what I am hoping for.
 
How do we see the "Play-by-Play" on SCOTUSBLOG?
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When the Court is hearing arguments, scotusblog lawyers post "real time" from the chambers giving a sort of play by play of what's happening, along with some commentary and opinion.
 
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When the Court is hearing arguments, scotusblog lawyers post "real time" from the chambers giving a sort of play by play of what's happening, along with some commentary and opinion.
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Where do we see this?



I didn't see it on SCOTUSBLOG.
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The court is also hearing HUI V. CASTANEDA tomorrow, a case involving the Federal Torts Claims Act.
 
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