The American Foundation for Equal Rights, the org led by Chad Griffin, is calling for the "full and unedited release" of trial footage, and they and other groups have filed briefs urging the court to release the video tapes. A coalition of media companies is expected to follow suit.

"Why should the public be denied the opportunity to see and hear what happened in a public trial in a public courtroom in a case involving the constitutional rights of millions of people?" asked attorney Ted Boutrous, who has been working with the legal team of Ted Olson and David Boies on the case.