Coronavirus: Will courts continue to operate, preserving the rule of law?
- Written by Austin Sarat, Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
U.S. courts use videoconferencing, but relatively rarely.AP Photo/Matt Volz
The coronavirus outbreak is affecting broad swaths of American life, including all levels of government. On March 16 the U.S. Supreme Court took the unusual step of indefinitely postponing oral arguments scheduled for at least the next two weeks.
The court held oral...
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