Friday, July 1, 2005

Pivotal Justice

Then, Margaret Warner talks with Jan Crawford Greenburg of the Chicago Tribune about O'Connor's role on the court.

O'Connor Legacy
Ray Suarez discusses Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's legacy with Pam Karlan from Stanford Law School, who clerked for Justice Harry Blackmun; John Yoo from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, who clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas; and Ronnell Anderson Jones, a visiting faculty fellow at the University of Arizona's College of Law and a former clerk for O'Connor.

Shields and Ponnuru
Jim Lehrer speaks with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru about the week's political news, including Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement.

Soldiers' Stories
Margaret Warner speaks with three soldiers and one Marine who all recently returned from Iraq. An excerpt will air Friday, and the entire conversation will air Monday.

Thursday, June 30, 2005

More Violence
Sixteen have been confirmed dead after a helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan Tuesday, the most recent instance of violence in Afghanistan.

Ray Suarez discusses the violence in Afghanistan with Milton Bearden, who helped run the CIA's covert operation to arm Afghan fighters against the Soviet Union, and Peter Tomsen, U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan during the first Bush administration.

Free Trade Fight
The Senate is slated Wednesday to vote on the much-debated Central American Free Trade Agreement, which would open the markets of six South American nations to the United States. Kwame Holman looks at the conflict over CAFTA.

Pill Protest
Correspondent Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago reports on why some pharmacies are refusing to fill birth control and morning-after pill prescriptions on moral grounds.

Intelligence Changes
President Bush announced Wednesday that 70 of the 74 recommendations made by the Silberman-Robb commission for the intelligence community will occur, including creating a national security division in the Department of Justice and the FBI. Margaret Warner discusses the newest changes with Timothy Edgar, policy counsel for national security for the American Civil Liberties Union; Jamie Gorelick, a member of the 9/11 commission; and Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds the FBI.

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Newsmakers: Hadley and Biden
A year after sovereignty was handed back to Iraq's people, President Bush on Tuesday urged continued support of rebuilding efforts in the war-torn country. Gwen Ifill speaks to National Security advisor Stephen Hadley about the president's speech.

Then, Ray Suarez speaks to Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to get the Democrats' reaction.

Deep Impact
Correspondent Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports on NASA's project to smash a probe into comet Tempel 1 in an effort to learn more about the outer solar system.

Journalists and the Law
Two journalists are facing jail time and four more could be held in contempt of court for refusing to reveal anonymous sources in grand jury testimony.

Jeffrey Brown talks about the two cases with Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and Geoffrey Stone, professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School.

Tornado Science
A team of scientists from the Center for Severe Weather Research track storms in western Kansas' "Tornado Alley" in an effort to improve their understanding of the process of tornado formation so that better predictions may someday be made.

War and Remembrance
Historian and novelist Shelby Foote, best known for his three-volume work on the Civil War, died Monday at the age of 88. Kwame Holman looks back on Foote's life.

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Iraq's Struggle for Security

Oliphant and Lowry
Gwen Ifill previews President Bush's Tuesday night speech with Boston Globe columnist Tom Oliphant and National Review editor Rich Lowry.

Energy Plans
The Senate passed a comprehensive energy bill Tuesday and will now have to merge its version with the House-passed measure. Ray Suarez talks with Mary O'Driscoll of Environment and Energy Daily about the prospects of the energy legislation.

Six Months Later
Dan Rivers of Independent Television News looks at the progress made in rebuilding Aceh, Indonesia six months after the devastating South Asian tsunami.

Scrushy Verdict
Jeffrey Brown discusses Tuesday's acquittal of HealthSouth former CEO Richard Scrushy for accounting fraud with David Voreacos of Bloomberg News.

Supreme Decisions
Margaret Warner wraps up the most recent Supreme Court term, which ended yesterday, with Jan Crawford Greenburg of the Chicago Tribune.

Then, Warner leads a discussion on the court's year of rulings with Douglas Kmiec, professor at Pepperdine University School of Law, and Laurence Tribe, professor at Harvard Law School.

Monday, June 27, 2005

Ten Commandments
The Supreme Court ruled Monday to ban a display of the Ten Commandments in two Kentucky courthouses, but allow a similar display at the Texas state capitol. Gwen Ifill talks with Chicago Tribune reporter Jan Crawford Greenburg about the decisions.

Then, Ray Suarez leads a discussion on the rulings with Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, and Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.

Day of Decisions
On the Supreme Court's last day before a three-month break, the justices made a series of decisions, including a ruling against file-sharing networks.Gwen Ifill again speaks with Jan Crawford Greenburg of the Chicago Tribune about the other decisions.

Then, Terence Smith discusses the court's decision on file-sharing with Fred Von Lohmann, senior attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Don Verrilli, counsel to both the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America.

The Winner
Hard-line conservative Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the victor in Iran's presidential run-off election Friday.

Margaret Warner looks at the implications of this victory with Mahnaz Afkhami, founder and president of the Women's Learning Partnership, and Ray Takeyh, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.