Why are there portraits in American courts?

Because every state in the United States has different regulations on whether to allow TV stations to enter the law.

In some states, this is absolutely forbidden. In this case, video recording, recording and even taking pictures are not allowed. Therefore, TV viewers can only hear some brief introductions in news programs, which also provides a special career for a group of painters, because the news media always hire some artists to sketch the scene to make up for TV viewers' visual understanding of legal trials.