Apr 02 Watch Debating how the court’s campaign finance decision affects the influence of money on American politics By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 02 Read the Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling By News Desk .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }… Continue reading
Apr 02 Supreme Court strikes down campaign contribution limits By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court struck down limits Wednesday in federal law on the overall campaign contributions the biggest individual donors may make to candidates, political parties and political action committees. The justices said in a 5-4 vote that Americans have a… Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch Can corporations exercise religious rights? Supreme Court hears case on contraception coverage By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 25 High court seems divided on health law’s contraception coverage By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Supreme Court justices are weighing whether corporations have religious rights that exempt them from part of the new health care law that requires coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge. The case being argued at the Supreme… Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch Unlikely partners work to make fracking safer By PBS News Hour In an unlikely alliance, natural gas companies and environmentalists have decided to work together to make fracking safer. Rick Karr travels to Pennsylvania to explore the tensions this has created among environmental groups. Continue watching
Mar 03 Marcia Coyle explains today’s Supreme Court arguments on IQ and the death penalty By Marcia Coyle Twelve years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, held that the execution of mentally retarded persons violated the Constitution. On Monday, the justices returned to this area of the law to examine how one state determines who… Continue reading
Mar 03 Supreme Court considers state IQ guidelines for executions By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The case being argued Monday at the court centers on how authorities determine who is eligible to be put to death, 12 years after the justices prohibited the execution of the mentally disabled. Continue reading
Mar 02 Documents reveal inner workings of Clinton’s White House By Hari Sreenivasan The online world has been buzzing about thousands of pages of documents from the Clinton administration that were released by the Clinton Presidential Library on Friday. Much of the conversation has focused on insight the documents provide about then-first lady… Continue reading
Feb 26 Supreme Court rules to allow class-action lawsuits against Stanford Ponzi scheme By Sam Hananel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that class-action lawsuits from investors who lost billions in former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford’s massive Ponzi scheme can go forward. The decision is a loss for individuals, law firms and investment companies… Continue reading