Nov 06 Watch House Candidates in Pennsylvania Battle It Out Over Iraq, Social Issues Party leaders think that the Pennsylvania House races may hold the key to who takes control of the House. Gwen Ifill reports on the final hours of three campaigns in the Philadelphia suburbs. Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch South Dakotans Prepare to Vote on Abortion Ban In response to an abortion ban passed by the South Dakota Legislature this year, opponents successfully petitioning to put a referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot to let voters decide whether the controversial law should stay or go. Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch Abortion, Race and Business Law on Supreme Court’s New Docket The U.S. Supreme Court began its next term Monday with cases on late-term abortions, the use of race in school admissions, patent law and pollution control. Legal experts discuss the cases and the issues that will define the new term. Continue watching
Jun 19 High Court Returns Wetlands Cases to Lower Court, Agrees to Hear Abortion Appeal By Admin, PBS NewsHour The Supreme Court on Monday narrowly voided a lower court's decision blocking two developments on wetlands in Michigan, and agreed to consider a second appeal to reinstate a federal ban on so-called partial-birth abortions. Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch High Court Agrees to Hear Late-term Abortion Case The U.S. Supreme Court heard challenges Tuesday to federal environmental laws and scheduled arguments on state abortion restrictions. Ray Suarez discusses the arguments as well as Justice Samuel Alito's first day on the bench with Marcia Coyle. Continue watching
Jan 18 Supreme Court Sidesteps Major Abortion Ruling By Admin, PBS NewsHour In its first abortion ruling in five years, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a lower court was wrong in striking down a New Hampshire law requiring that a parent be notified 48 hours before a minor has an… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch Supreme Court Sends Abortion Case Back to New Hampshire The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a lower court was wrong to declare a New Hampshire abortion law unconstitutional and sent the case back to the lower court to find less drastic ways to repair the statute. Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch High Court Hears Abortion Case The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, the court's first case since the confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts. The case examines the constitutionality of a New Hampshire law requiring parental notification… Continue watching
May 23 Watch Supreme Court on Abortion The Supreme Court said Monday it would review a decision striking down a New Hampshire law that requires parental notification when a minor seeks an abortion. Continue watching
Jun 01 Judge Rules ‘Partial-Birth’ Abortion Ban Unconstitutional By Admin A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday declared unconstitutional a controversial law that bans a specific form of late-term abortion in the first legal test of the new law. Continue reading