May 17 High Court: No Life Sentences for Juveniles Who Haven’t Killed By Jason Breslow The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that juveniles cannot be given life-sentences with no chance of parole for crimes other than murder. In a 5-4 ruling, the High Court said the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment ensures… Continue reading
May 17 Watch U.S. Eyes Sanctions as Iran, Turkey Forge Nuclear Fuel Swap Iran plans to ship more than 2,600 pounds of low-enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for uranium fuel rods to use in a research reactor, as part of a fuel swap deal brokered by Brazil and Turkey. Judy Woodruff talks… 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 Conversation: Director Alex Gibney on ‘Casino Jack and the United States of Money’ By Molly Finnegan It involves casinos, the murder of a Greek tycoon, intrigue in Washington and much more. But the film, "Casino Jack and the United States of Money" is a documentary unwinding the trail of super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff -- once a powerful… Continue reading
May 13 Watch Tracking Money Trail, Feds Arrest 3 More in Times Square Bomb Plot Probe Federal agents arrested three Pakistani men in Boston in connection with the failed attack in Times Square. Judy Woodruff talks to reporter Devlin Barrett of The Wall Street Journal about the assistance that may have provided to accused bomber Faisal… Continue watching
May 12 Watch News Wrap: Dutch Child Sole Survivor of Libyan Plane Crash In other new Wednesday, a Libyan plane crash on landing in Tripoli, killing 103 people on board but sparing a 10-year-old Dutch boy and seven children and two adults were hacked to death at a school in China by the… 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
May 11 Watch Elena Kagan Faces Political Challenges for Supreme Court Seat Jim Lehrer talks to two Supreme Court watchers, Karen Tumlty from The Washington Post and Tom Goldstein, founder of SCOTUSblog.com, about the political landscape for the confirmation of nominee Elena Kagan. Continue watching
May 10 Obama’s Second Supreme Court Nominee: Who is Elena Kagan? By Jason Breslow _pap_embed_custom('news01s3f54qe9c',482,304,""); President Obama has nominated U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to become the 112th justice on the Supreme Court. During an East Room ceremony on Monday, President Obama described Kagan "as one of the nation's foremost legal minds," and called… Continue reading
May 10 Monday: Obama to Pick Kagan for Supreme Court; Setbacks in Gulf Spill By Jason Breslow Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, left, gets the attention of Solicitor General Elena Kagan at a 2009 forum at Georgetown University Law Center. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. President Barack Obama on Monday is expected to nominate… Continue reading