Jun 24 Supreme Court Narrows Scope of 'Honest Services' Law By Quinn Bowman The Supreme Court ruled Thursday to apply more narrowly a law used to prosecute white-collar crime in response to three separate cases involving the so-called "honest services" law. The decisions were unanimous. In Skilling v. United States, former Enron… Continue reading
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
Jun 22 New Orleans Judge Blocks Deepwater Drilling Ban A federal judge has blocked the Obama administration's six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The moratorium, which the president announced May 27, temporarily halted all new permits at depths greater… Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch With Location-Tracking Technology, Cell Users Paying Price of Privacy Correspondent Spencer Michels reports how cell phones with GPS technology that track and share user location are raising concerns about privacy as they revolutionize the way people communicate. Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch Offshore Oil Drilling Moratorium's Aims, Effectiveness Debated The Obama administration vowed to appeal a federal judge's ruling, blocking the president's efforts to impose a six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling. Gwen Ifill gets two points of view on the environmental and economic consequences of halting oil exploration… Continue watching
Jun 21 Times Square Bomb Suspect Shahzad Pleads Guilty to WMD Charge The Pakistan-born U.S. citizen accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in New York's Times Square last month pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism-related charges in federal court. Faisal Shahzad, 30, of Bridgeport, Conn., entered a plea to the… Continue reading
Jun 21 Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Terror Law, Rejecting Free Speech Claims By Quinn Bowman In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal law making it a crime to provide "material support" to organizations designated as terrorist groups by the State Department is not unconstitutionally vague. The case, Holder… Continue reading
Jun 21 Monday: Safety Lapses Found on Oil Rig; Israel Approves New Gaza Policy Smoke rises from controlled oil burns on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Photo by Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Two reports out Monday show critical safety lapses on the Deepwater Horizon before it exploded on April… Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch NYC Bomb Plot Suspect Pleads Guilty With a Warning to U.S. Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the failed Times Square bombing plot, pleaded guilty to terrorism and weapons charges on Monday afternoon. Ailsa Chang of WNYC Radio describes the scene in the courtroom then Steve Coll of the New American Foundation… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch Supreme Court Upholds Ban on 'Material Support' for Terror Groups The Supreme Court issued a decision Monday that a federal law barring aid to terrorist groups does not violate free speech. Jeffrey Brown talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about the court's 6-3 ruling to uphold the… Continue watching