# Are Supreme Court tranacripts availible to the Public?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 5, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-supreme-court-tranacripts-availible-to-the-public/248773 "2004-06-05T05:24:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-supreme-court-tranacripts-availible-to-the-public/248773/1 "2004-06-05T05:24:46Z")

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Thats it.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-supreme-court-tranacripts-availible-to-the-public/248773/2 "2004-06-05T05:28:10Z")

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At the official [U.S. Supreme Court](http://www.supremecourtus.gov/) website. Look at the bottom of [this page](http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/oral_arguments.html).

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**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-supreme-court-tranacripts-availible-to-the-public/248773/3 "2004-06-05T10:37:50Z")

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You can also visit [Oyez](http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage). No transcripts per se, but you can hear the actual arguments.

Robin

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-supreme-court-tranacripts-availible-to-the-public/248773/4 "2004-06-05T11:56:44Z")

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You may find transcripts of arguements in open court sessions, but you will not find anything about the discussions and decision making processes among the justices themselves, except through personal papers published by the justices themselves.

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**Author:** ![cogitator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@cogitator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cogitator)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-supreme-court-tranacripts-availible-to-the-public/248773/5 "2004-06-05T19:56:41Z")

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> [@Meeko](#):
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> Are Supreme Court tranacripts availible to the Public?

You might check [Audible](http://www.audible.com/) .  
Look under the ‘free audio’ section.