How much of the work of judges is known by the public varies considerably from country to country and even from court to court, in the same country. Institutional designs are highly diverse. Perhaps the most extreme case of publicity in courts is the public being allowed to watch judges debating. Few courts allow such publicity of the most sensitive moments of their decision-making process. Even fewer broadcast their deliberations live on TV. The Brazilian Supreme Court is one of them. This article does not intend to take sides in this debate. It does not intend to argue for or against the model of deliberation adopted by the Brazilian Supreme Court or the TV broadcasting of judicial deliberation in general. Rather, it aims to present a point of view that is sometimes neglected in academic studies on deliberation in constitutional courts or supreme courts: the view of the justices themselves.
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