Ivey, a first-term Democratic member of Congress from Maryland, spent decades as a state and federal prosecutor before winning a seat in the House. Heis now one of a growing number of House Democrats urging support for a new law or new rules allowing television cameras inside United States federal courts.

Ivey insisted the cameras wouldn’t impact the tone or outcome of a criminal trial, but would instead give Americans an unbiased, unfiltered view of the justice system.

“There’s no substitute for people seeing proceedings for themselves and drawing their own conclusion,” he said.