Supreme court to hear arguments via telephone

Ivana Sanchez, Staff Writer

From May 4 to 13, The Supreme Court will hear arguments for 10 cases over the phone for the first time in its history. While some state and federal courts have heard cases remotely for a while, this is the first time the Supreme Court will hear arguments without physically being together. The court’s next session will include a case on faithless electors in the electoral college and a case combining House Democrats’ and New York state prosecutors’ subpoenas for President Trump’s financial records.The Supreme Court has already delivered decisions remotely since the COVID-19 pandemic began, though that wasn’t a new practice for the court. The decision to let Wisconsin’s primary continue during the pandemic was delivered remotely, but the court had postponed future arguments until deciding to proceed on Monday.