Dec 24 Watch In Legal Showdown Over Marijuana, Oakland Dispensary Takes Leading Role In Legal Showdown Over Marijuana, Oakland Dispensary Takes Leading Role… Continue watching
Dec 21 U.S. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons Screen shot of automatic weapons. By Jonathan Masters, online writer/editor for the Council on Foreign Relations Introduction The debate over gun control in the United States has waxed and waned over the years, stirred by a series of incidents… Continue reading
Dec 20 Democrats Set Stage for Supreme Court Defense of Voting Rights Act Provision By Kwame Holman The U.S. Supreme Court building. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. With the Supreme Court set to hear a challenge to a main provision of the Voting Rights Act in February, advocates argued Wednesday that the November elections only underscored the… Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch Remembering Robert Bork: Law-and-Order Conservative, Supreme Court Nominee Judge Remembering Robert Bork: Law-and-Order Conservative, Supreme Court Nominee Judge… Continue watching
Dec 19 Robert Bork, Supreme Court Nominee, Dies at 85 By Cassie Chew Judge Robert Bork testifies at his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 1987. Photo by CNP/Getty Images On Sept. 18, 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Robert Bork, testifies on the fourth day of his Supreme Court… Continue reading
Dec 14 Social Media Response to Shooting A shooting Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., has left at least 27 dead including 20 children, according to the Associated Press. We collected tweets, photos and updates as events unfolded Friday. Continue reading
Dec 14 Shooting Affects the Newtown Community to the Core In a news conference Friday afternoon, state police Lt. Paul Vance announced that police responded to 911 emergency calls from Sandy Hook Elementary School received at 9:30 a.m. this morning. A shooter was reported to have entered… Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch Supreme Court Agrees to Review Laws Banning Same-Sex Marriage Supreme Court Agrees to Review Laws Banning Same-Sex Marriage… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch Hinging on Supervisor Definition, Supreme Court Reviews Work Harassment Case The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case about work harassment that depends on defining who is considered a supervisor and who is considered a co-worker. Jeffrey Brown talks to The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle about the case and… Continue watching