Feb 26 Supreme Court unanimously rules against military protester By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously against a man who was caught protesting military activities despite having been barred because of previous activities near the main gate at a California Air Force base. The justices on Wednesday threw… Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 7:23 News Wrap: Anti-abortion activists protest Roe v. Wade By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, thousands of activists gathered in Washington, D.C., for the annual March for Life to rally against the 1973 Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Also, protests in Ukraine turned deadly when the… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch Supreme Court considers cases on ‘Raging Bull’ authorship, labor union limits By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 17 Supreme Court may reconsider warrantless cellphone searches By Associated Press Photo by Bill Heinsohn The Supreme Court decided 40 years ago that police don’t need a search warrant to look through anything a person is carrying when arrested. But that was long before smartphones gave people the… Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch Supreme Court weighs clash between freedom of speech, abortion rights By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch Do abortion clinic buffer zones protect public safety or restrict free speech? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 15 First Amendment case brings abortion protesters’ rights before Supreme Court By Katelyn Polantz, Bridget Bowman Security escort, left, and protesters stand behind the 35-foot buffer zone outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Boston on December 7. Photo by Wendy Maeda/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The Supreme Court takes up abortion politics… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch Supreme Court considers definition of ‘recess’ in case on Obama’s appointments Can the president bypass the Senate in making temporary appointments? Gwen Ifill talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about how a local labor dispute transformed into a debate of presidential power and the Supreme Court's first time… Continue watching
Jan 13 Supreme Court reviews president’s recess appointment power By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Under a provision of the Constitution known as the recess appointments clause, the president may make temporary appointments to positions that otherwise require confirmation by the Senate, but only when the Senate is in recess. Now, President Barack Obama and… Continue reading
Jan 13 Supreme Court refuses to hear Arizona abortion case appeal By Justin Scuiletti The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to reconsider a 2012 Arizona ban on abortions beginning at 20 weeks of fetal gestation. The highest court's decision upholds a lower court's ruling that the ban violated a women's constitution right to terminate pregnancy… Continue reading