Friday, April 10, 2020

Zoom arguments!

It's not really a criminal matter, but we thought it was noteworthy that, in response to the inability to hold in-person arguments due to pandemic concerns, the KSC ordered its first remote argument by Zoom on Saturday, April 11, 2020 as listed here. The COA has historically experimented with remote arguments using different platforms and to varying degrees of success. The pandemic is obviously forcing courts to consider new technologies to deal with current demands. It will be interesting to see how this practice develops this year.

[Update: here is a link to the Youtube recording of this argument.]

[Update: here is an order for the COA first argument by Zoom as well, set for May 12, 2020.]