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  • How cities prepare for tensions over Confederate statues

    How cities prepare for tensions over Confederate statues

    Aug 17, 2017 11:37 PM EST

    ... the lawn for this student generation, but all the previous and all the future generations of students who have walked the lawn. The lawn stands for liberty, equality, justice and freedom. HARI SREENIVASAN: But Governor McAuliffe suggested President Trump should stay away from Charlottesville. GOV. TERRY MCAULIFFE: I do not ...

  • Q&A: Would Trump request to end Flynn probe have broken law?

    Q&A: Would Trump request to end Flynn probe have broken law?

    May 17, 2017 12:21 PM EST

    ... heightened their outrage, renewing calls for a special prosecutor. And Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal said in a statement that "we are witnessing an obstruction of justice case unfolding in real time." But obstruction of justice is a tricky issue both criminally and politically. And legal experts say it could be ...

  • Senate GOP invokes the 'nuclear option,' clearing the way for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch

    Senate GOP invokes the 'nuclear option,' clearing the way for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch

    Apr 06, 2017 08:14 PM EST

    ... Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, who was ignored for the better part of a year by Senate Republicans after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Instead, McConnell kept Scalia's seat open, a calculation that is now paying off hugely for Republicans and Trump, who will be ...

  • 4 issues that remain in limbo in Congress

    4 issues that remain in limbo in Congress

    Apr 04, 2016 05:16 PM EST

    ... s Infrastructure Financing Authority, as well as nearly $60 million in Public Finance Corporation bonds. Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla has warned there is no money for future payments. Bishop said he will continue to work on the bill to gain consensus. CRIMINAL JUSTICE Advocates for a criminal justice overhaul are ...

  • Top issues in congressional limbo include spending, Garland nomination

    Top issues in congressional limbo include spending, Garland nomination

    Apr 03, 2016 08:00 PM EST

    ... due in May in bonds issued by the Government Development Bank. Bishop said he will continue to work on the bill to gain consensus. CRIMINAL JUSTICE Advocates for a criminal justice overhaul are hoping Congress will move legislation in both chambers before the summer, though the effort has run into ...

  • Flint's lead-laced water may not cause permanent brain damage in children

    Flint's lead-laced water may not cause permanent brain damage in children

    Mar 22, 2016 03:14 PM EST

    ... is remedied, the blood lead concentrations will fall back to background levels in six to 12 months.” He adds, “There are very few studies done for very low levels of exposure. I have been researching this problem for over 30 years and there is nothing in the data that suggests ...

  • ‘Orange Is the New Black’ author’s biggest mistake inspired prison activism and a hit TV show

    ‘Orange Is the New Black’ author’s biggest mistake inspired prison activism and a hit TV show

    Aug 23, 2014 12:29 AM EST

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    Supreme Court Strikes Down Chicago's 30-Year-Old Handgun Ban

    Jun 28, 2010 04:00 AM EST

    The Supreme Court struck down a Chicago law banning handguns, ruling that Americans have the right to keep and bear arms regardless of where they live. Jeffrey Brown talks with Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal, who was in the courtroom for the landmark ruling.

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    Obama's Second Pick to Court Renews Debate on Judicial Qualifications

    May 10, 2010 04:00 AM EST

    President Obama nominated Solicitor General and former Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan to fill Justice John Paul Stevens' seat on the Supreme Court. Gwen Ifill gets four points of view from constitutional and Supreme Court experts on the announcement and Kagan's qualifications for the bench.

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