Constitutional Etiquette and the Fate of "Supreme Court TV"
Bruce Peabody  In traditional media outlets, on the Internet,
and throughout the halls of Congress, debate about whether the
Supreme Court should be required to televise its public
proceedings is becoming more audible and focused. To date, these
discussions have included such topics as the potential effects
of broadcasting the Court, the constitutionality of Senator
Arlen Specter's current congressional initiative, S. 344, and
how the public would use or abuse televised sessions of our
highest tribunal.  But almost entirely ignored in these
conversations is an issue that may effectively determine the
fate of S. 344: Will this initiative unsettle supposedly time-
honored relations of respect and civility between the judiciary
and Congress-a pattern of institutional courtesy we might label
"constitutional etiquette"? In order to answer this question, we
need to understand the concept of constitutional etiquette and
its application to the contemporary d