Jun 27 High Court Rejects Reporters’ Appeal in CIA Leak Case By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the efforts of two journalists to avoid jail sentences for refusing to testify before a grand jury about the leak of an undercover CIA agent. Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch Supreme Court Rules on Internet File On the Supreme Court's last day before a three-month break, the justices made a series of decisions, including a ruling against file-sharing networks, the rejection of two reporters' appeal in a CIA leak case and the other impacting high-speed Internet… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Ruling on Ten Commandments In two 5-4 votes, the Supreme Court ruled Monday it is constitutional to display the Ten Commandments on public property as long as the intent of the exhibit isn't pushing a religious agenda. After a report from The Chicago Tribune's… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch Seizing Property A narrowly divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that local governments may take possession of people's homes and businesses against their will for private development. Experts debate the court's ruling. Continue watching
Jun 23 Killen Sentenced to 60 Years for 1964 Killings By PBS News Hour Former Klansmen Edgar Ray Killen received a 60-year sentence Thursday after being convicted Monday on three counts of manslaughter in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch Seizing Private Property A narrowly divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that local governments may take possession of people's homes and businesses against their will for private development. Jan Crawford Greenburg of the Chicago Tribune analyzes the court ruling. Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch Former Ku Klux Klan Member Found Guilty of Manslaughter in 1964 Murders Former Ku Klux Klan member Edgar Ray Killen, 80, was found guilty of manslaughter Tuesday in the 1964 killing of three civil rights workers. Killen will be sentenced this Thursday and faces up 60 years in prison. Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch ‘Mississippi Burning’ Trial of former KKK Member Comes to a Close The defense rested its case Monday in the trial of Edgar Ray Killen, a former Ku Klux Klan member, allegedly responsible for the the murder of three civil rights workers in 1964. Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch Shields and Brooks Discuss the War in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the public's reaction to the war in Iraq, President Bush's domestic policy and Democratic Senator Dick Durbin's comments regarding Guantanamo Bay. Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch California Town Reacts to Father-Son Terror Indictments Lodi, a central California town home to a burgeoning Muslim community, is coping with terrorism-related accusations against a father and son. Continue watching