[law] supreme court agrees to early release of transcripts

Some issues grab you immediately and some are subtle. This one is probably going to have ramifications. The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will make same-day transcripts of its oral arguments available free on its Web site, the quickest and most complete public access to its proceedings the court has ever offered. There is no sign that the court is about to yield to calls for live television coverage, which the justices have steadfastly refused. Yesterday's decision was almost revolutionary, court analysts said and it was too if you think it through for a few moments.