Judge Barrett says she will keep an 'open mind' on allowing video cameras in the Supreme Court

Judge Amy Coney Barrett said Wednesday during her Supreme Court nomination hearings  that she would keep an "open mind" toward allowing video cameras in the high court to broadcast proceedings.

"I would certainly keep an open mind about allowing cameras in the Supreme Court," Barrett said when Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked her about the issue.

Grassley said he has repeatedly introduced legislation in the Senate, the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act, to put cameras in the courtroom and allow Supreme Court justices to permit broadcast media coverage of the court's proceedings. 

"Many of us believe allowing cameras in the courtroom would open the courts to the public and bring about a better understanding of the judiciary," he said. 

The legislation would establish a "framework to allow federal court proceedings—in district courts, in circuit courts, and at the Supreme Court – to be photographed, recorded, broadcast, or televised."