The public can download the audio files or listen to the recordings on the Court`s website. You can access audio recordings by clicking the Oral Arguments prompt on the home page and selecting Audio Argument. The files are organized by file name, file number and date of hearing and are available in three formats. Recordings can also be accessed by clicking on “What`s New” on the homepage of the site. Beginning in October 2010, audio recordings of all oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court will be made available to the public free of charge on the www.supremecourt.gov Court website. Audio recordings are released on Fridays at the end of each litigation week. Where can I find information on courtroom seating and participation in hearings? PRINTED TRANSCRIPTS: Heritage Reporting Corporation 1220 L Street, NW, Suite 206 Washington, DC 20005-4018 Telephone: (202) 628-4888 Fax: (202) 371-0935 Website: www.hrccourtreporters.com Email: contracts@hrccourtreporters.com Alderson Reporting Company, Inc. Eisenhower Parkway Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Phone: (334) 303-7217 www.proquest.com MICROFILM/MICROFICHE website U.S. Supreme Court Oral arguments Proquest 789 E.
Eisenhower Parkway Ann Arbor, MI 48108 Telephone: 1-800-521-0600 or 734-761-4700 (above) Lawyers admitted as members of the Supreme Court Bar Association may sit on the chairs just behind the bronze railing. Any member of the Supreme Court Bar Association may attend any hearing if space permits. Before entering, they must introduce themselves to Court Assistant Cler, who sits next to the statue of Chief Justice John Marshall in the large lower room on the ground floor. The Supreme Court Bar registration process usually begins at 8:30 a.m., but queues may form in advance at the plaza outside the courthouse. Only members of the Bar Association who actually intend to attend the hearing may appear at the Bar. Line standers are not allowed. Members of the Bar must present photo identification to the Assistant and each name will be compared to the Bar Association`s membership list. Inform the assistant if your name is different from the name used when you were called to the bar. Members of the bar are given passports and ordered to the courtroom on the first floor. Seats are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
When the bar area is full, the remaining members of the Bar will be seated in the lawyers` lounge, where arguments can be heard over loudspeakers. Bar members are requested to wear business attire as a business. Male lawyers wear a coat and tie. Avocados wear comparable clothing (suit, dress or matching trousers). Hats and furs are not allowed. Coats, raincoats, jackets and umbrellas should be checked in the cloakroom. The public can download the audio files or listen to the recordings on the Court`s website. Audio recordings are listed by file name, file number and date of hearing. The archives collection contains audio recordings of Supreme Court pleadings from 1955 to the previous October period. Members of the public can listen to or make their own copies of oral arguments using their own tape recorders, blank tapes and connecting cords in the film, sound and video department.
Copies of recordings may also be purchased from the Archives.4 To listen to or acquire a copy of a recording, the Archives asks those who request it to indicate the title of the case, the number of the Supreme Court case and the date of the hearing. While no formal appointment is required to listen to the recordings, the archives recommend that those interested in obtaining copies ensure that the archives have a “reference copy” of the particular argument they are looking for before visiting the film, audio and video department. 3 The Supreme Court`s website can be found www.supremecourt.gov (click on Oral Arguments, then on “Argument Protocols”).