Oct 24 Justice Souter's old warning finds new life in this election By Margaret Warner Surprisingly, over the past few days, excerpts of a public conversation I held four years ago with retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter in Concord, New Hampshire, have been circulating on the internet. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 4:46 How the demise of its flagship phone will hurt Samsung By PBS News Hour Samsung has announced that it’s halting production of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. The news comes after reports of the replacement phones catching fire -- just like the original models -- and on the same day that the battle between… Continue watching
Oct 11 What spoons have to do with the Samsung-Apple patent lawsuit By Gretchen Frazee One particular case involving 19th-century spoons was cited by lawyers representing both companies before the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 7:30 Ruth Bader Ginsburg on becoming 'Notorious' By PBS News Hour For the latest NewsHour Bookshelf, Gwen Ifill sits down with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to discuss her new book, “In My Own Words" -- her first since she was appointed to the court. Ginsburg reflects on the origins… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch 6:20 Will the short-staffed Supreme Court keep a 'low profile' this term? By PBS News Hour As the late Justice Antonin Scalia's seat remains empty, the Supreme Court begins a new term with only eight members. What challenges will arise from the reduced size of the nation's highest court? Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal… Continue watching
Oct 05 Supreme Court considers racial discrimination in death penalty case By Laura Santhanam In 1997, Duane Edward Buck was sentenced to die after he was convicted of killing two people and wounding a third in Houston, Texas. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today to decide whether Buck received a fair trial. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 6:39 How the deadlocked Supreme Court became a leading campaign issue By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court has refused to rehear a case over President Obama’s executive action aimed at protecting millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. The decision reflects the continuing difficulty of the court’s deadlock without a ninth justice. Gwen Ifill looks… Continue watching
Oct 04 Inside the Supreme Court's little-known revision process By Kassia Halcli Supreme Court arguments begin today with the illusion that the justices’ work from the previous term is over. But in fact, the justices spend years reworking their opinions after they are initially released, purging them of grammatical, spelling, stylistic, and… Continue reading
Oct 03 Appeals court rules against Pence on Syrian refugees By Rick Callahan, Associated Press A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s order blocking Indiana Gov. Mike Pence from barring state agencies from helping Syrian refugees resettle in the state. Continue reading
Oct 03 Supreme Court rejects Redskins challenge in offensive trademark case By Associated Press The justices could still resolve the same issue in another case the court took up last week. Continue reading