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June 24, 2004
The Supreme Court ruled that Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force does not have to release its records. The high court also refused to overturn the sentences of over 100 death-row inmates. Margaret Warner discusses the cases with National Law Journal Washington bureau chief Marcia Coyle.
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June 21, 2004
The Supreme Court ruled that patients do not have the right to sue health insurers or HMOs in state courts and that people may not withhold their identity from police. Correspondent Jeffrey Brown discusses today's decisions with National Law Journal Washington bureau chief Marcia Coyle, who attended the hearings.
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June 14, 2004
The Supreme Court refused to remove the phrase "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance, rejecting a California atheist's right to sue his daughter's school district because he does not have exclusive custody of the child. Margaret Warner discusses the decision with National Law Journal Washington bureau chief Marcia Coyle.
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May 17, 2004
The Supreme Court ruled today that states are not exempt from provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act which require elevators and ramps in public facilities. Margaret Warner discusses the 5-4 decision with National Law Journal Washington bureau chief Marcia Coyle.
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May 17, 2004
The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case desegregated America's public schools, but most minority students still attend schools where they are the majority. Gwen Ifill talks to four experts about the ways Brown has brought about change, and the ways it has failed to do so.
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May 12, 2004
In May of 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. KTWU, the Topeka PBS station, produced a look back at the decision through the eyes of some of the people who made it happen.
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May 11, 2004
Essayist Clarence Page reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision on desegregation, but he insists modern-day African-Americans have only as much integration as they can afford.
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April 28, 2004
The Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases Wednesday that may set how far the executive branch can go in detaining U.S. citizens without trial in the ongoing war against terrorism. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal helps interpret the arguments.
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April 28, 2004
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in two precedent-setting cases that ask whether in the war on terrorism President Bush can order American citizens held indefinitely in a military jail without charges, a hearing or access to a lawyer.
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April 27, 2004
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether Vice President Dick Cheney has the right to keep his energy task force papers secret, another key case that will test the limits of executive branch power. Gwen Ifill discusses the details of the debate with a National Law Journal reporter who attended the hearing.
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April 20, 2004
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on behalf of Afghan war detainees held in a military camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who want the right to challenge their detentions in the U.S. court system.
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April 20, 2004
The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether courts have the jurisdiction to hear appeals from terror suspects held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in one of the first major constitutionality tests of the Bush administration's anti-terrorism policies.
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March 24, 2004
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today over whether the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance violates the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state. Gwen Ifill discusses the case with National Law Journal Washington bureau chief Marcia Coyle, who attended the hearing.
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March 24, 2004
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving a dispute over the words "under God" in the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.
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March 18, 2004
A defiant Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia refused a request Thursday to remove himself from a case involving his friend, Vice President Dick Cheney, dismissing suggestions of a conflict of interest.
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March 5, 2004
In part two of a special report on the released tapes of the late Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, two legal experts discuss what the Blackmun papers say about the inner-workings of the Supreme Court.
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March 5, 2004
In the second report on the late Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun's oral history tapes, the justice talks about two key decisions during his tenure and some of his colleagues in the court's chambers
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March 4, 2004
In the first of two NewsHour reports about the late Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, Ray Suarez speaks with Blackmun's former clerk Harold Koh, who conducted extensive interviews with Blackmun at the time of his retirement. Then, in his own words, Blackmun gives an inside view of past Supreme Court cases.
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Feb. 25, 2004
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that states may deny academic scholarships to divinity students. Gwen Ifill discusses the decision with Marcia Coyle, Washington bureau chief for the National Law Journal.
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Feb. 25, 2004
The Supreme Court upheld Wednesday government scholarship restrictions that bar any taxpayer money for college students who pursue a degree in theology, an important legal marker in the rules of church-state separation.
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Jan. 13, 2004
The U.S. Supreme Court authorized police roadblocks to collect tips about unsolved crimes, and the justices also agreed to hear arguments about the rights of the disabled to sue states that have not complied with the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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Jan. 12, 2004
The current U.S. Supreme Court is increasingly being called the "O'Connor Court" for the pivotal fifth vote Justice Sandra Day O'Connor often casts. Kwame Holman looks at the unique power of the court's first woman justice.
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Jan. 12, 2004
The current U.S. Supreme Court is increasingly being called the "O'Connor Court" because of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's tie-breaking swing votes. Legal experts discuss the first woman justice's pivotal role on the nation's top court.
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Jan. 9, 2004
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether a U.S. citizen seized abroad can be kept indefinitely in a military jail, the latest in a series of legal challenges to the Bush administration's antiterrorism policies.
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Dec. 18, 2003
A federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. government does not have the authority to detain accused American "dirty bomb" suspect Jose Padilla as an enemy combatant, ordering the Department of Defense to release the Chicago native within 30 days.
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Dec. 10, 2003
In a lengthy, multi-part decision, the Supreme Court upheld the major components of the most sweeping campaign finance reform law in nearly 30 years. The Chicago Tribune's Jan Crawford Greenburg outlines the key aspects of the ruling.
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Dec. 9, 2003
The U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases related to the landmark 1966 Miranda case. Margaret Warner discusses the cases with Chicago Tribune Supreme Court correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg.
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Dec. 2, 2003
The Supreme Court may refine the line between church and state with its ruling in a case over whether a state can withhold scholarship money from a student studying theology.
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Dec. 2, 2003
The Supreme Court may refine the line between church and state with its ruling in a case over whether a state can withhold scholarship money from a student studying theology.
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Nov. 12, 2003
A new case asks the Supreme Court to consider whether younger workers can use anti-discrimination laws to sue employers that favor older employees with retirement savings benefits. Ray Suarez discusses this case of alleged reverse discrimination with Chicago Tribune Supreme Court correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg.
