Feb 22 The Toxic Revenger: Supreme Court Considers a Crime of Passion By Elizabeth Summers On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that has it all: passion, betrayal, revenge, and hair loss. There's something for everyone, including constitutional law scholars, political strategists, readers of supermarket tabloids, and groups pushing to repeal… Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch Vaccine Producers Victorious in Supreme Court Ruling Over Lawsuits Judy Woodruff talks with the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle about the Supreme Court's 6-2 ruling making it more difficult for parents who say their children were injured by vaccines to file lawsuits against drug makers. Continue watching
Feb 09 CIA Employee Mistakes Preceded Promotions The CIA fails to hold agents and senior managers to consistent levels of accountability when they make mistakes, even in instances where people have been killed or wrongly imprisoned, according to an investigation by the Associated Press published Wednesday. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch As Health Reform Challenges Proceed, States Face Big Decisions After four conflicting court rulings on the health care reform law, Ray Suarez looks at what's next for states and patients with Neera Tanden of the Center for American Progress and Thomas Miller of the American Enterprise Institute. Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch Frontline: U.S. Needs More Competent Pathologists for Autopsies Frontline explores the patchwork system of death investigations in the U.S. Varying greatly from the high-tech operations depicted in popular crime shows, these investigations often lack uniform standards, oversight and trained doctors. Watch a preview of an episode airing Tuesday… Continue watching
Feb 01 Judge’s Health Care Ruling Sparks Political, Legal Debate A man protests the health care reform law at a rally in Washington, D.C., last year. Photo by Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty Images. In the most sweeping denouncement of the law to date, a federal judge in Florida ruled… Continue reading
Jan 31 Florida Judge Strikes Down Obama Health Care Overhaul Updated 5:45 p.m. ET A federal judge in Florida became the first Monday to declare the new health care law - in its entirety - unconstitutional. It is the biggest challenge yet to the new law, with governors and… Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch For New York Times, a Complex Relationship With WikiLeaks, Government Jeffrey Brown talks to Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, about the decisions the newspaper faced in negotiating with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the U.S. government over publishing classified government information. Continue watching
Jan 25 Gun Rights Legislation Under Consideration in Several States Gun legislation is back in the spotlight after the shooting in Tucson that wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six. Long before the rampage hit the headlines, several states had been moving to broaden gun rights, arguing… Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch Emanuel Seeks Expedited Appeal After Judges Boot Him From Chicago Ballot A panel of judges ruled Monday that former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's name cannot be included on the ballot for Chicago's mayoral race because he did not meet residency requirements in the two years leading up to… Continue watching