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Archive 2001-2002

June 28, 2002
Summing Up
Four constitutional law professors review key decisions from the 2001-2002 Supreme Court term.

June 27, 2002
School Vouchers
Ray Suarez looks at a Supreme Court decision allowing parents in Ohio to use school vouchers, funded with public money, to send their children to private schools with Chicago Tribune reporter Jan Crawford Greenburg.

Transcript: Then, Gwen Ifill gets further analysis from Howard Fuller, chairman of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, and Sandra Feldman, president of the American Federation of Teachers.

Transcript: Afterward, Ray Suarez talks again with Jan Crawford Greenburg about the day's other Supreme Court rulings

Full Text of the Zelman v. Simmons-Harris decision. (Requires Adobe Acrobat, 996KB file)

June 24, 2002
Supreme Court Watch
Terence Smith looks at the latest Supreme Court decisions with Jan Crawford Greenburg, Supreme Court reporter for The Chicago Tribune including a decision that only juries, not judges, can impose the death penalty.

June 20, 2002
Supreme Court Watch
Ray Suarez looks at the latest Supreme Court decisions with Jan Crawford Greenburg, Supreme Court reporter for the Chicago Tribune.

Transcript: For discussion on the decision barring execution of the mentally retarded, Terence Smith talks with Diann Rust-Tierney, director of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project, and Michael Dennis Rushford, president of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation.

Transcript: Then, Ray Suarez talks to Jan Crawford Greenburg and NewsHour health correspondent Susan Dentzer about the decision to allow patients to use state laws to fight HMOs.

Full Text of the Atkins v. Virginia decision. (Requires Adobe Acrobat, 625KB file)

June 17, 2002
Supreme Court Watch
Gwen Ifill discusses the latest Supreme Court decisions with Jan Crawford Greenburg of the Chicago Tribune including a decision on door-to-door solicitation.

June 10, 2002
Supreme Court
Watch Ray Suarez discusses the latest Supreme Court decisions, including one involving the Americans with Disabilities Act, with Jan Crawford Greenburg, Supreme Court reporter for The Chicago Tribune.

April 22, 2002
Supreme Court Watch
Gwen Ifill looks at a death penalty case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court with Jan Crawford Greenburg, court reporter for The Chicago Tribune.

March 19, 2002
Supreme Court Watch
Gwen Ifill talks with Jan Crawford Greenburg, Supreme Court reporter for The Chicago Tribune, about today's arguments regarding drug testing in schools.

March 18, 2002
Supreme Court Watch
Margaret Warner talks with Washington bureau chief and The American Lawyer court reporter Marcia Coyle about today's arguments on whether a citizen can sue government officials over misinformation.

February 27, 2002
Supreme Court Watch
Ray Suarez discusses today's case with Chicago Tribune court reporter, Jan Crawford Greenburg. At issue is whether an employer can refuse to hire someone because the workplace threatens the applicant's health.

February 26, 2002
Supreme Court Watch
Ray Suarez looks into today's case on whether towns can require door-to-door solicitors to carry permits.

February 20, 2002
Supreme Court Watch
Gwen Ifill discusses the death penalty and school voucher arguments heard by the Supreme Court today with Jan Crawford Greenburg of The Chicago Tribune.

February 20, 2002
Supreme Court Watch
Gwen Ifill discusses the school voucher debate in depth with Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, and Clint Bolick, legal director of The Institute for Justice.

February 19, 2002
Supreme Court Watch
Ray Suarez discusses today's Supreme Court arguments in a case involving public housing eviction policies with Jan Crawford Greenberg, court reporter for the Chicago Tribune.

February 1, 2002
Lazy B
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor discusses her new autobiography, Lazy B, with senior correspondent Gwen Ifill.

January 8, 2002
Limiting the Disabilities Act
Gwen Ifill examines today's Supreme Court decision limiting the Americans with Disabilities Act with Jan Crawford Greenburg, legal affairs correspondent for The Chicago Tribune. Ifill then turns to Chai Feldblum and Stephen Bokat to examine the impact.

October 31, 2001
Affirmative Action
Gwen Ifill examines Supreme Court arguments in an affirmative action case involving the Secretary of Transportation and a Colorado construction company. For a closer look, Gwen Ifill speaks with Marcia Coyle, Washington Bureau Chief and Supreme Court reporter for The National Law Journal.

October 1, 2001
New Supreme Court Term
Gwen Ifill discusses the Supreme Court's new session with Marcia Coyle, Washington bureau chief for the National Law Journal.

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