Jul 01 Watch Strauss-Kahn Released From House Arrest as Case Enters Legal Limbo After a court hearing Friday in New York, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, was released from house arrest, but he still faces charges of sexual assault on a hotel maid. Jeffrey Brown reports on the latest… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch Roberts Court Wraps up Term, Leaving Significant Conservative Mark Roberts Court Begins to Leave Its Legal Mark… Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch Apple Unveils New iCloud Music Service, but Privacy Issues May Lurk Steve Jobs returned to the public stage Monday to announce Apple's iCloud, a new online music storage service. Ray Suarez discusses the announcement with The Washington Post's Technology Reporter Cecilia Kang. Continue watching
May 18 Watch Prosecution, Defense Prepare for Another Strauss-Kahn Court Appearance IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest has sent shockwaves throughout the financial and political worlds. Gwen Ifill discusses what to expect in the forthcoming legal proceedings -- and the political fallout in France and at the IMF -- with The Wall… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Dispute Over Controversial Arizona Immigration Law Heads to Court The State of Arizona faced off against the U.S. Justice Department in court Thursday over the controversial immigration law set to go into effect next week. Ray Suarez discusses the legal dispute with two law professors, one a critic of… Continue watching
Mar 12 Conversation: Perspective on Google Books from Authors Guild Member James Gleick By Arts Desk In 2005, the Authors Guild brought a lawsuit against Google for digitally scanning books without permission of the books' authors. In November 2009, a court approved an amended settlement between the Guild and Google that gives authors the option of… Continue reading
May 26 Q&A: Supreme Court Confirmation Process By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama has nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court - the first step in the often contentious Senate confirmation process. Continue reading
Apr 17 Memos Shed New Light on CIA Interrogation Tactics By Admin, PBS News Hour A series of Bush-era Justice Department memos chronicling the legal justifications for harsh CIA interrogation tactics used on top terrorism suspects was released by the Obama administration Thursday. Continue reading