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US Supreme Court Justices 'Phone It In' for the First Time in Hearing a Case

Masood Farivar

   WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's historic livestreaming of its
   first-ever oral argument by telephone went without a hitch on Monday,
   spurring new calls for the high court to keep up the practice for the
   public's benefit.

   The session ran well past its allotted time of 60 minutes, but Chief
   Justice John Roberts ran a tight ship.

   All nine justices, including the court's famously laconic justice,
   Clarence Thomas, phoned in from home to ask questions.

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