May 11 Watch Elena Kagan Faces Political Challenges for Supreme Court Seat Jim Lehrer talks to two Supreme Court watchers, Karen Tumlty from The Washington Post and Tom Goldstein, founder of SCOTUSblog.com, about the political landscape for the confirmation of nominee Elena Kagan. Continue watching
May 10 Obama’s Second Supreme Court Nominee: Who is Elena Kagan? By Jason Breslow _pap_embed_custom('news01s3f54qe9c',482,304,""); President Obama has nominated U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to become the 112th justice on the Supreme Court. During an East Room ceremony on Monday, President Obama described Kagan "as one of the nation's foremost legal minds," and called… Continue reading
May 10 Monday: Obama to Pick Kagan for Supreme Court; Setbacks in Gulf Spill By Jason Breslow Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, left, gets the attention of Solicitor General Elena Kagan at a 2009 forum at Georgetown University Law Center. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. President Barack Obama on Monday is expected to nominate… Continue reading
May 10 Watch Obama’s Second Pick to Court Renews Debate on Judicial Qualifications President Obama nominated Solicitor General and former Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan to fill Justice John Paul Stevens' seat on the Supreme Court. Gwen Ifill gets four points of view from constitutional and Supreme Court experts on the announcement… Continue watching
May 09 Reports: President Obama to Name Elena Kagan as Supreme Court Pick By Maureen Hoch The Associated Press and major news networks reported late Sunday that President Obama plans to nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. The AP cited an unnamed person familiar with the… Continue reading
Apr 28 Supreme Court Rules WWI Cross Can Remain in California Federal Park By Quinn Bowman A divided Supreme Court ruled today that a Latin cross honoring American soldiers who served in World War I can remain in a federal park in California. In writing for the plurality of the court, Justice Anthony Kennedy… Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch High Court Hears Privacy Case, Allows Cross to Stand in Mojave The Supreme Court ruled to allow a cross to remain on government land and heard arguments on privacy rights for people who sign political petitions. Ray Suarez talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal for more on both… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch Obama Begins to Scrutinize Potential Supreme Court Nominees As President Barack Obama reaches out to potential replacements for Justice John Paul Stevens on the bench, Gwen Ifill gets three points of view from legal experts on the politics behind the president's second nomination to the Supreme Court and… Continue watching
Apr 20 Supreme Court Strikes Down Law on Animal Cruelty Videos By Quinn Bowman The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 1999 federal law banning videos of animal cruelty violates the First Amendment's free speech protections. The court voted 8-1 to overturn the law. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal explained the… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch Supreme Court Overturns Law Banning Videos Depicting Animal Cruelty The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a federal law banning videos of animal cruelty, saying it violates the right to free speech. Margaret Warner talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal for more on what the ruling… Continue watching