• What made Justice Anthony Kennedy an influential voice

    What made Justice Anthony Kennedy an influential voice

    Jun 27, 2018 10:50 PM EDT

    Writing that it had been "the greatest honor and privilege" to serve, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement hours after the court wrapped up its latest term. Kennedy's decision gives President Trump a chance to nominate another conservative, setting the stage for a Senate battle royale. Marcia ...

  • Sally Yates on Trump's travel ban and protecting the rule of law

    Sally Yates on Trump's travel ban and protecting the rule of law

    Apr 25, 2018 10:35 PM EDT

    ... Trump’s comments and the Robert Mueller investigation into Russian interference. ... Judy Woodruff: And we are joined now by Sally Yates, who worked at the Justice Department for more than two decades. From 20 -- and from 2015 to early 2017, she served as the deputy attorney. And then, for 10 ...

  • How are Doug Jones and Roy Moore resonating with Alabama voters?

    How are Doug Jones and Roy Moore resonating with Alabama voters?

    Dec 11, 2017 11:35 PM EDT

    ... Moore: Now we got blacks and whites fighting, reds and yellows fighting. Don Dailey: Moore was twice forced out as Alabama's Supreme Court chief justice, first for refusing to remove his Ten Commandments monument from a government building and later for ordering other judges to defy the Supreme Court ...

  • How cities prepare for tensions over Confederate statues

    How cities prepare for tensions over Confederate statues

    Aug 17, 2017 11:37 PM EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    Congress increasingly is being defined by what it's not doing this election year. The Senate returns this week with a strong majority of Republicans saying no to any consideration of President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court. No hearings, no vote and, for some lawmakers, not even a meeting with federal appeals court Judge...

  • Top issues in congressional limbo include spending, Garland nomination

    Top issues in congressional limbo include spending, Garland nomination

    Apr 03, 2016 08:00 PM EDT

    The Senate returns this week with a strong majority of Republicans saying no to any consideration of President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court. And in the House, where lawmakers return from their break April 12, conservative opposition could make it impossible to pass a budget.

  • 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 EDT

    The contamination of drinking water was a public health disaster, but children in Flint who were exposed can still be helped.

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