Supreme Court to hold first in-person arguments since start of COVID-19 pandemic
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Washington — Supreme Court justices will return to the courtroom for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as the court resumes in-person oral arguments for the first three months of its upcoming term, it announced Wednesday.
Attendance in the courtroom will be limited for arguments set for the Supreme Court's October, November and December sessions, with only the justices, essential court personnel, lawyers in the scheduled cases and select journalists allowed. The Supreme Court said it "anticipates" providing live audio of oral arguments held across the three months, and the building will remain closed to the public.Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Service Fund, agreeing to review a lower court decision that upended the mechanism for funding programs that provide communications services to rural areas, low-income communities and schools, libraries and hospitals.
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