From the start, the Supreme Court and the press have had a contentious relationship. Yet they are interdependent, needing each other to communicate the important work of the Court to the general public. Both could do better. The Court needs to provide greater, easier access for the news media, especially permitting television coverage of oral arguments, as two-thirds of the state supreme courts do. The news media should require law training for Supreme Court reporters and insist that Court stories convey the justices' reasoning for their decisions, rather than settling for easier, reaction stories.