It is unclear if Congress has the constitutional authority to require the court to allow cameras. What is clear is that it has costs as well as benefits. Because the court’s support is fragile, broad institutional changes should occur incrementally and with sufficient analysis. If Congress is serious about this issue, it should commission further research to examine the consequences before it takes action.
-Mr. Owens is a professor of American politics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Black is a professor of political science at Michigan State University.