Oct 07 Watch Justice Breyer: ‘Now, I’m Probably More in Dissent’ Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer talks to Jeffrey Brown about his new book, "Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View," the role and responsibilities of the high court, and the shift in dynamics that a new justice can bring. Continue watching
Oct 06 Inside The Supreme Court: Marcia Coyle on Military Funeral Protests By Elizabeth Summers Attorney Margie Phelps argues for the respondents in Snyder v. Phelps. Courtroom sketch courtesy William Hennessy Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal was inside the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to hear arguments in a much anticipated case… Continue reading
Oct 06 Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Over Funeral Protests By David Chalian A member of Westboro Baptist Church protests at a veterans' hospital in Virginia. File photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. The PBS NewsHour's Mike Melia previews Wednesday's high-profile First Amendment case before the Supreme Court: On the steps of the Supreme… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Supreme Court Justices ‘Felt the Emotion’ of Military Funeral Protest Case Supreme Court justices are considering a battle of First Amendment rights vs. individual privacy after members of a controversial church protested at the funeral of a U.S. Marine. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal describes Wednesday's hearing and considers… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Supreme Court Weighs First Amendment Limits in Military Funeral Protest Case The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a First Amendment case involving the controversial Westboro Baptist Church group protesting at a U.S. Marine's funeral. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Oct 05 Inside the Supreme Court: Marcia Coyle on NASA Background Checks Case By Elizabeth Summers Courtroom sketch courtesy William Hennessy How much personal information should a job applicant have to give up to a prospective employer? That's the question the Supreme Court wrestled with Tuesday as it heard arguments in the privacy case… Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch Kagan’s Seating Marks Supreme Court Milestone, But Poses Recusal Hurdle The first day of the new Supreme Court term was also the first day on the bench for new Justice Elena Kagan. Women now make up a third of the high court for the first time. Jeffrey Brown talks to… Continue watching
Oct 01 Status Update: Facebook-Inspired Film ‘The Social Network’ Opens Last week, the NewsHour looked at "The Social Network", a film -- opening across the country on Friday -- about Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. EmbedVideo(3430, 482, 304); Much has been written about how… Continue reading
Sep 29 Supreme Court Preview: Marcia Coyle on the Cases and Justices to Watch By Elizabeth Summers Do a Kansas preacher and his anti-gay followers have a constitutional right to picket and protest during the burial of a Marine who was killed in Iraq? How far can the government go in checking the background of a potential… Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch Effect of Court Decisions on Guns Remains Murky in California Correspondent Spencer Michels examines how U.S. Supreme Court rulings limiting local gun-control laws are playing out in California. Continue watching