The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s stunning decision this week to strike down a National Labor Relations Board rule requiring employers to post signs reminding workers of their right to organize, is a clear indication of why this D.C. court has become an ideological battleground.

There’s nothing the federal government does that’s more impressive than the high-quality debates that occur daily before the court. If only the American public could hear them in real time, in their entirety.

Perry and Windsor have arrived at the court on a tidal wave of cultural and legal change. Polls show increasingly broad and growing support for marriage equality, while nine states and Washington, D.C., now allow same-sex couples to marry. That's a minority of states, to be sure, but it is clear where our country is headed and how the fight for marriage equality will play out. The only question is, how long it will take. I was in the courtroom Tuesday morning for the Perry argument and was struck by the inability of those arguing against marriage equality to identify any legitimate reason for excluding same-sex couples from marriage.

Since media coverage of the high court already focuses on the trite at the expense of the court's majesty, it makes sense to remove the media filter. Exposing the American public to the fullness of Supreme Court arguments by permitting cameras in the courtroom would be a service rather than hindrance to the judiciary.