Jun 28 Watch Kagan Confirmation Hearings Live By Chris Amico Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings begin Monday at 12:30 p.m.ET, and with it a week of special coverage from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and SCOTUSBlog. Read Kagan's opening statement. Judy Woodruff and the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle… Continue reading
Jun 28 A Reader’s Guide to the Elena Kagan Confirmation Hearings By Quinn Bowman The Supreme Court will mark two pivotal moments on Monday: the start of the Elena Kagan confirmation hearings and the official end to the tenure of one of its longest-serving justices, John Paul Stevens. Stevens will take his seat on… Continue reading
Jun 28 Monday: Kagan Hearings Set to Begin; Sen. Byrd Dies; Oil Hits Miss. Coast By Tom LeGro Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan begin Monday. (The NewsHour will live stream the hearings all week.) Monday's hearing is scheduled to begin at around 12:30 p.m. at the Hart Senate Office Building. Each member of the… Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch After Supreme Court Ruling, Cities Face Restructuring of Gun Laws The Supreme Court has ruled to limit the ability of states and cities to restrict gun-ownership rights. Gwen Ifill gets two different points of view on what the decision means for law enforcement and for other existing gun regulations. Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch Partisan Divisions Mark Opening of Kagan Nomination Hearings Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan faced her first day of confirmation hearings the Senate, with praise and criticism falling generally along party lines. Judy Woodruff talks with Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about what lies ahead in the… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch Supreme Court Strikes Down Chicago’s 30-Year-Old Handgun Ban 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… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch Supreme Court Limits Scope of White-Collar Fraud The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday to limit the definition of a federal fraud law. Jeffrey Brown talks with Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about what the ruling could mean for several well-known cases of white-collar crime. Continue watching
May 17 Watch Supreme Court Places Limits on Life Sentences for Juvenile Offenders The Supreme Court has struck down laws in multiple states that allow juveniles to be sentenced to life terms with no chance of parole for crimes that do not involve murder. Ray Suarez talks to Marcia Coyle of the National… Continue watching
May 14 Watch Shields and Brooks Assess Midterm Politics, Kagan’s High Court Path Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the week, including the tough Senate race in Pennsylvania and the president's nomination of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court. Continue watching
May 11 Politico: Kagan Will Face Questions on Harvard Military Recruitment Policy By Hari Sreenivasan _pap_embed_custom('news01s3f63qe9c',482,304,""); Politico White House editor Craig Gordon stopped by the Rundown Tuesday to give us a look at their reporting on President Obama's nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to serve on the Supreme Court. Gordon told us that… Continue reading