Feb 02 The Supreme Court won't be airing its same-sex marriage decision on live TV By Matt Sedensky, Sam Hananel, Associated Press News organizations, start training your interns for running now. The Supreme Court will not be broadcasting its historic arguments over gay marriage on live television. Continue reading
Feb 01 Can prize-linked programs encourage Americans to save? By News Desk D2D Fund aims to strengthen financial opportunity for low and moderate income consumers through new products and policies. Read our Q&A with Joanna Smith-Ramani, Director of Scale Strategies for D2D Fund. Continue reading
Jan 28 Poll: Congress should restore insurance subsidies if Supreme Court rules against them By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News A new poll finds that most people think Congress or states should act to restore health insurance subsidies if the Supreme Court decides later this year they are not permitted in states where the federal government is running the marketplace. Continue reading
Jan 24 Supreme Court to review drug used in botched Oklahoma executions By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court is stepping into the issue of lethal injection executions for the first time since 2008 in an appeal filed by death row inmates in Oklahoma. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch Housing discrimination case could have broad implications By PBS News Hour A case between a Texas state housing agency and an advocacy organization asks the Supreme Court to decide whether unintentional discrimination over federal tax credits violates the Fair Housing Act. The results could have repercussions beyond both the state of… Continue watching
Jan 21 Supreme Court divided over housing bias case By Sam Hananel, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Wednesday in a debate over a decades-old strategy for fighting discrimination in housing. Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 5:58 Case on judges' campaign fundraising divides Supreme Court By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court heard a case that could unravel state laws on judicial candidates asking for campaign donations. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal joins Judy Woodruff to explain the arguments in the Florida case, take a look at… Continue watching
Jan 20 Without a warrant, police use radar device to peer inside homes By Joshua Barajas More than 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have outfitted their officers with a new radar device that can detect movements within a building from as much as 50 feet away, USA Today reported Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 20 Supreme Court rules for bearded Muslim inmate By Mark Sherman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is siding with a Muslim prison inmate in Arkansas who sued for the right to grow a short beard for religious reasons. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 13:28 Shields and Brooks on same-sex right to marry, Romney run resistance By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the Supreme Court’s move to consider same-sex marriage, next steps for Republican congressional leaders, emerging GOP candidates for the next… Continue watching