The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 this afternoon to bar further video coverage of the Prop 8 trial. I’ve been too tied up to read the full opinion, but it appears the ruling is purely on procedural grounds, as it begins:

We are asked to stay the broadcast of a federal trial. We resolve that question without expressing any view on whether such trials should be broadcast. We instead determine that the broadcast in this case should be stayed because it appears the courts below did not follow the appropriate procedures set forth in federal law before changing their rules to allow such broadcasting. Courts enforce the requirement of procedural regularity on oth- ers, and must follow those requirements themselves.

Further, since it stays the district court’s January 7 order, it appears at first glance that there will not even be live streaming allowed within the same courthouse. From my quick skim (and I do mean quick), it looks like the opinion even precludes taping of the proceedings, since that was likewise allowed for in the January 7 order.