How a veteran sketch artist offers a peek into oral ... - SCOTUSblog
WEBDec 30, 2020 · Few people get the chance to watch an oral argument at the Supreme Court. Art Lien is one of them. As an artist who has been sketching the court for more than four decades, Lien has attended – and studied – hundreds of arguments.
Supreme Court artist retires after 45 years documenting judicial ...
WEBOct 8, 2022 · Art Lien, one of the most celebrated courtroom artists of his time, retired this summer after 45 years sketching hearings and decisions at the Supreme Court. He worked first for CBS and, later ...
"Quite simply, the absolute best": Tributes to Art Lien - SCOTUSblog
WEBSep 30, 2022 · Art became well known for his SCOTUSblog banners, the sometimes fanciful drawings of the justices with one theme or another. These included his 2015 depiction of the justices as baseball players (with Chief Justice John Roberts as …
7 Memorable Courtroom Sketches by Art Lien - Washingtonian
WEBFeb 15, 2023 · Sketch by Art Lien. For Lien, body language is the key to effective sketching. Focusing on hand gestures and facial expressions during this Second Amendment case stemming from a New York measure restricting the transportation of firearms, he captures the Supreme Court’s ideological divide.
No cameras allowed: Meet the sketch artists bringing color to the ... - CNN
WEBApr 25, 2024 · TV cameras have never been allowed to show the Supreme Court at work, and live audio of oral arguments only came about during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Forty-five years of visual journalism from a supremely ... - SCOTUSblog
WEBSep 30, 2022 · For 45 years, Arthur Lien witnessed, sketched, and recorded for posterity some of the Supreme Court’s most historic moments. His pencil-and-watercolor illustrations have the uncanny quality of transporting the viewer into the room at just the right time. An emphatic gesture from an oral advocate.
Mitchell v. Wisconsin, 588 U.S. ___ (2019) - Justia US Supreme Court …
WEBJun 27, 2019 · Mitchell v. Wisconsin: Supreme Court plurality concludes that when a drunk-driving suspect is unconscious and cannot take a breath test, the exigent-circumstances doctrine generally permits a blood test without a warrant.
A SCOTUS Artist Recounts 4 Decades of Sketches
WEBJul 19, 2022 · For more than four decades, artist Art Lien’s sketches have been a reliable window into the courtroom of the U.S. Supreme Court, where they sometimes captured the anger of a dissenting justice ...
Art Lien – SCOTUSDaily
WEBDec 15, 2017 · Art Lien—sometimes simply known as “Courtartist”—goes where cameras cannot. He’s been sketching courts since 1976, and for most of that time his main beat has been the U.S. Supreme Court. Since 1980 he has worked almost exclusively for NBC News, and recently he started drawing for SCOTUSblog.
Courtroom artists draw from imagination as the US Supreme Court …
WEBMay 13, 2020 · The Washington, DC-based courtroom artist Art Lien, who has been sketching high-profile court scenes since the 1970s due to the Scotus ban on photography while it is in session, is skilled at...