Sep 30 Watch News Wrap: Justice Department Sues North Carolina Over New Voting Law In our news wrap Monday, the Justice Department has filed suit against the state of North Carolina over alleged racial discrimination in a new state law that scales back early voting and imposes stricter identification requirements. Also, the latest series… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch News Wrap: Department of Justice Won’t Block Marijuana Laws in Colo., Wash. In other news Thursday, the Department of Justice announced it will not challenge laws in Colorado and Washington state permitting the recreational use of marijuana and instead focus on drugged driving and cultivation. Also, a federal appeals court upheld a… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch Justice Department: Anti-Competitive Airline Merger Will Make Flight Prices Soar Justice Department: Anti-Competitive Airline Merger Will Make Flight Prices Soar… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch Holder Calls for New Approach to Prosecuting Low-Level Drug Crimes Holder Calls for New Approach to Prosecuting Low-Level Drug Crimes… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Was Justice Served in Murder Acquittal of George Zimmerman? The George Zimmerman verdict has provoked passionate debate about legal justice and race in the U.S. Judy Woodruff gets reaction from Christina Swarns of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New Yorker contributor Jelani Cobb, Jonathan Turley of the George Washington… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch Out of Legal Options, Justice Department Drops Fight on Morning-After Pill Out of Legal Options, Justice Department Drops Fight on Morning-After Pill… Continue watching
May 30 Watch How Would James Comey Be Received on Capitol Hill? President Obama's likely nomination of James Comey as FBI director could prove an easy confirmation with bipartisan support. Judy Woodruff talks to Bloomberg News' Phil Mattingly and New York Times' Michael Schmidt about the former deputy attorney general's qualifications for… Continue watching
May 30 Watch Obama to Nominate Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey as Head of the FBI President Barack Obama will reportedly nominate James Comey, a former official in George W. Bush's Justice Department to lead the FBI. With a Republican resume and a history of positions that won him Democratic support, Judy Woodruff reports on the… Continue watching
May 21 Watch How Far Should Government Go in Investigation of Leaks? Three former Justice Department officials wrote a New York Times op-ed defending the subpoena of Associated Press reporters' phone records. Gwen Ifill talks with First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams and Michael Mukasey, former U.S. attorney general, about whether the department… Continue watching
May 14 Watch Was Seizure of AP’s Phone Records Justified or Harmful to Press Freedom? Was Seizure of AP's Phone Records Justified or Harmful to Press Freedom?… Continue watching