Mar 02 Watch Supreme Court Weighs Scope of Right to Bear Arms The Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of Chicago's ban on handguns. Jim Lehrer speaks with Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about how the court's ruling could affect gun rights, especially on the state and local level. Continue watching
Mar 01 Obama's Health Care Summit: Your Questions Answered During President Obama's health care summit last week, we got analysis and commentary throughout the day from a panel of experts: -- Thomas Mann, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution. -- Ron Pollack, executive… Continue reading
Mar 01 Judge Decides Some Madoff Investors Not Entitled to Recovered Funds By Carolyn O'Hara A federal bankruptcy judge in Manhattan has sided with a trustee appointed by the court that investors with Bernard Madoff who took out more money from Madoff's investment firm than they put in over the years are not eligible… Continue reading
Mar 01 Obama Offers $900 Million for Struggling Schools In a bid to cut the nation's high school drop out rate, President Obama on Monday proposed as much as $900 million in federal aid to states that agree to shake up or even close their worst schools. The… Continue reading
Mar 01 Congress Turns to Jobs and Finds a Frustrated Public It is hard to find a place in America where times are not harder than they were last year. Across all of the 12 community types in Patchwork Nation, unemployment has spiked dramatically in the last year. Tensions are high. Continue reading
Mar 01 Monday's Headlines: High Court to Hear Former Enron Chief's Appeal By Tom LeGro The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling's appeal of his 2006 conviction for his role in the downfall of the Houston-based energy company. Skilling's attorneys argue that Enron's collapse into bankruptcy… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch Supreme Court Appeals: Enron Chief's Heard, Gitmo Uighurs' Dismissed Margaret Warner talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling's appeal to the Supreme Court and the dismissal of a challenge brought by Chinese detainees at Guantanamo. Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch News Wrap: Troop, Civilian Casualties Mount in Afghanistan In other news Monday, six NATO troops were killed after car bomb explosions across Afghanistan. Also, former Serb leader Radovan Karadzic blamed an Islamic plot for bloodshed in Bosnia when he took the stand in his war crimes trial at… Continue watching
Feb 26 Health Reform's Next Step: 23rd Use of Reconciliation? By Dave Gustafson As Democrats weigh the next steps for health reform on the heels of a bipartisan summit on the stalled legislation, one option under discussion is a rarely used Senate procedure known as reconciliation. Continue reading
Feb 26 Health Care Reform: The Highlight Reel By Mike Fritz It's been a long year of contentious congressional negotiations, raucous town hall meetings and battle lines being drawn over President Obama's push for health care reform. You can be forgiven for occasionally getting lost along the bumpy political road that… Continue reading