Cameras in courtrooms

The Salt Lake Tribune reports today that the Utah Supreme Court allowed a live broadcast of its oral arguments yesterday -- a first. The case involved whether would-be GOP candidate for Salt Lake County mayor Ellis Ivory could be on Tuesday's ballot or had to run as a write-in. It's a good step forward, but Utah trial courts should open themselves up to video cameras as well (currently, still cameras are allowed in Utah trial courts with permission of the judge).