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
Dec 30 Sotomayor will usher in 2014 at Times Square By News Desk *One million revelers will see this crystal ball drop in New York's Times Square midnight of Jan. 1, 2014. Photo courtesy of Countdown Entertainment* Bronx native and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will usher in 2014 by lowering… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch Contrasting rulings could take the NSA to the Supreme Court On December 27, 2013 a federal judge ruled that the government's collection of phone records is constitutional. This, in contrast to another federal judge's ruling just 11 days earlier that said it likely wasn't. The case ultimately might be headed… Continue watching
Dec 26 What major decisions lie ahead for the Supreme Court in 2014? By Katelyn Polantz President Barack Obama and members of Congress aren't the only government leaders hitting pause on Washington during the holidays. The Supreme Court takes a break from work, too, for almost a full month until mid-January. But as Marcia… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch Is Obama rethinking surveillance thanks to a new report? The White House considers an advisory group report on changes in surveillance programs. Continue watching