Jun 24 Supreme Court Sets Aside Cheney Energy Task Force Case By Admin The Supreme Court said Thursday that the White House does not have to abide by a lower federal court's order to turn over records of energy task force meetings chaired by Vice President Dick Cheney. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch Controversy Continues Over White House Role in Abuse Senate Democrats and Republicans Wednesday debated the Bush administration's declassification of legal documents related to the abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody. Two experts discuss the documents and the implications of their release. Continue watching
Jun 22 Wal-Mart Sex Discrimination Suit Can Proceed, Judge Says A lawsuit charging Wal-Mart with sex discrimination will move forward, a federal judge decided Tuesday, making it the largest private civil rights case in U.S. history. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch Abu Ghraib Defendants Seek Government Documents on Detainees Human rights activists and attorneys for the soldiers accused in the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal argue internal government memos outlining possible legal justifications for harsh treatment of prisoners may have lead to torture. Legal experts discuss the meaning of the… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch Saudi Arabia’s Security Challenge A recent wave of kidnappings and killings of Americans in Saudi Arabia has heightened concerns about the security of foreign citizens and international oil interests there. Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch Senate Judiciary Committee Grills Ashcroft on Justice Dept. Memo The Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Attorney General John Ashcroft about allegations of a memo that suggests the president is not bound by international treaties prohibiting the torture of prisoners. Margaret Warner speaks with Jess Bravin about the controversial department memo… Continue watching
Jun 02 Paxil Maker Sued for Withholding Negative Studies of Drug New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed suit against GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday, alleging the British drug maker withheld unfavorable data on treating children with its antidepressant Paxil. Continue reading
Jun 01 Judge Rules ‘Partial-Birth’ Abortion Ban Unconstitutional By Admin A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday declared unconstitutional a controversial law that bans a specific form of late-term abortion in the first legal test of the new law. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch U.S. Outlines Case Against Terror Suspect Padilla Terrorism suspect Jose Padilla plotted to use natural gas to blow up U.S. apartment buildings, according to newly declassified documents released by the Justice Department Tuesday. Margaret Warner discusses the government's case against Padilla with New York Times reporter Eric… Continue watching
May 31 Watch California Parole System Spencer Michels examines changes in the California parole system. Continue watching