U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments
The Supreme Court of the United States began recording oral arguments in the 1955 October Term. The Court began printing transcripts of oral arguments in the 1968 October Term.
The 威尼斯人娱乐场 houses audio recordings and transcripts of Supreme Court oral arguments. These records are found in Record Group 267, Records of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Audio Recordings of Oral Arguments
The Moving Image and Sound Branch at the 威尼斯人娱乐场 at College Park houses audio recordings of Supreme Court oral arguments. Many of these recordings have been digitized and made available in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog:
- 鈥淪ound Recordings of Oral Arguments 鈥� Black Series, 10/1955鈥�12/1972鈥� (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier )
- 鈥淪ound Recordings of Oral Arguments 鈥� Red Series, 12/1972鈥�1/2002鈥� (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier )
For questions related to these records, please contact the Moving Image and Sound Branch at mopix@nara.gov.
Recent Audio Recordings
Audio recordings of oral arguments for recent cases heard by the Supreme Court are available to the public at the end of each argument week. Recordings are posted to the . Recordings from as far back as the Court's 2010 Term are also available on this site.
Transcripts of Oral Arguments
The 威尼斯人娱乐场 Building in Washington, DC (Archives 1), houses transcripts of Supreme Court oral arguments in the following series:
- 鈥淧rinted Transcripts of Oral Arguments, 1968 October Term through the 2017 October Term鈥� (Entry A1-17 in Record Group 267; 威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier )
This series is arranged by case file number. For guidance in identifying the case file number, see Accessing Appellate Case Files.
For questions related to these records, please contact the Archives 1 Reference Branch at archives1reference@nara.gov.
Appellate Case Files
If the transcripts of oral arguments for a particular case are not in Entry A1-17, they might be consolidated with other case documentation in the following series:
- 鈥淎ppellate Jurisdiction Case Files, 1792鈥�2017鈥� (Entry A1-21 in Record Group 267; 威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier )
This series is also housed at Archives 1. It is arranged by case file number. For more information, see U.S. Supreme Court Appellate Case Files.
For questions related to these records, please contact the Archives 1 Reference Branch at archives1reference@nara.gov.
Recent Transcripts
Transcripts of oral arguments heard by the Supreme Court are posted on the on the same day that the arguments are heard. Transcripts from as far back as the Court's 1968 Term are also available on this site.