Oct 08 Watch News Wrap: House OKs Hate Crime Protections for Gays, Lesbians In other news, the House voted to include homosexuals in federal hate crime laws, and first-time claims for unemployment fell more than expected last week. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch Student’s Death Points to Upsurge in Gang Violence in Chicago Jeffrey Brown speaks with a Chicago Sun-Times reporter about the recent murder of a high school student in Chicago's south side and the increase in gang violence throughout the Windy City. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch News Wrap: Supreme Court Considers Giant Cross in Mojave Desert In other news, the Supreme Court took up the separation of church and state in a case involving public lands in California, and two Americans and an Israeli received the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Continue watching
Oct 07 Supreme Court to Hear Case Concerning Cross on Public Land By Carolyn O'Hara A long-running legal battle over a 75-year-old cross on public land in California culminates today in oral arguments before the Supreme Court, in what legal analysts say could be an important case on the separation of church and state. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Dogfight Video Tests Limits of Free Speech The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether videos of illegal dogfights are protected speech. Marcia Coyle offers insight. Continue watching
Oct 05 New Court Term to Tackle Free Speech, Business Regulation, Gun Rights By Quinn Bowman The Supreme Court, newly reconfigured with the addition of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, will hear several cases involving high-profile issues this term, including First Amendment rights, gun control, criminal law and business regulation. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch New Court Term Puts Spotlight on Gun Rights, Free Speech, Business The Supreme Court opened a new term on Monday with a docket full of cases concerning corporations, compensation, and the financial markets. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal previews the term with Gwen Ifill. Continue watching
Oct 01 Enforcement of Texting-While-Driving Bans Proves a Tough Task By Talea Miller Distractions on the road are plentiful, but as cell technology continues to creep behind the wheel, drivers sending phone text messages are creating a new danger on the roads. Continue reading
Oct 01 Bernanke Calls for ‘Council of Regulators’ By Carolyn O'Hara Testifying before lawmakers Thursday, Ben Bernanke reiterated a call for the Fed to be given supervisory powers over institutions that pose a systemic risk to the financial system, and proposed that a council of regulators help monitor risk. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch Summit Aims to Put the Brakes on Texting While Driving Text messaging while driving has been found to increase the odds of a crash by 23 times. Now, lawmakers and transportation experts are trying to find a way to stop the dangerous practice. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching