| Show r t I I Supreme Court Etiquette I J 9 v Ii i The etiquette of the Supreme Courtroom fl f I Court-room is very rigid Lawyers appear 1 r before the I ng court are given just sot so-t much time in which to present their arguments and not one minute more is I allowed them No one is permitted to I take notes of the proceedings outside E i of the lawyers inside the bar The is t particularly true upon decision day If I I a spectator takes out piece of paper to tt i j make a note he is instantly warned by a ft messenger that he must desist or leave the courtroom The reason of this is Ji t t to avoid the sending out of incorrect r I J statements about the position of the t r ourt t t I There have been several propositions before the court to have its proceedings j J i reported verbatim the benefit of the is Ii legal publications but the court has al ways ueeuiigaiuai UU IUIUK 01 me Son I s li They have held thatit would be a need i 1 less waste of expense without any compensating com-pensating advantages to the legal pro f y 1 fession Even where decisions are actually 11 r i actu-ally delivered they are often held back l i for weeks for polishing before publica s tion The etiquette of the court has 1 I r t been so rigidly maintained during its history that I am informed that there tl has only been one case of contempt oft fly of-t court since its establishment This was a case where a man before the court l was ordered to do something he could not do He was fined 250 This is the only sum that the court has derived C Jrom this source in its history i = r = if |
