Jun 29 Court Strikes Down Internet Porn Law, Rejects Foreigner’s Human Rights Case By Admin, PBS News Hour The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended enforcement of a 1998 federal law designed to shield minors from Internet pornography, saying it likely violates the constitutional right to freedom of speech. Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch Detainee Decisions The Supreme Court said Monday the Bush administration has the authority to hold "enemy combatants" indefinitely, but the terror suspects have the basic right to a day in court. Two legal experts assess the impact the decisions will have on… Continue watching
Jun 24 Supreme Court Sets Aside Cheney Energy Task Force Case By Admin The Supreme Court said Thursday that the White House does not have to abide by a lower federal court's order to turn over records of energy task force meetings chaired by Vice President Dick Cheney. Continue reading
May 17 Watch Brown v. Board of Education 50 Years Later The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case desegregated America's public schools, but most minority students still attend schools where they are the majority. Gwen Ifill talks to four experts about the ways Brown has brought about change,… Continue watching
May 12 Watch Brown v. Board of Education In May of 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. KTWU, the Topeka PBS station, produced a look back at the decision through the eyes of some… Continue watching
May 11 Watch Essay: With All Deliberate Speed Essayist Clarence Page reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision on desegregation, but he insists modern-day African-Americans have only as much integration as they can afford. Continue watching
Apr 28 High Court Considers Enemy Combatant Detentions By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in two precedent-setting cases that ask whether in the war on terrorism President Bush can order American citizens held indefinitely in a military jail without charges, a hearing or access to a lawyer. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch War And Liberties The Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases Wednesday that may set how far the executive branch can go in detaining U.S. citizens without trial in the ongoing war against terrorism. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal helps interpret… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Policy And Privacy The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether Vice President Dick Cheney has the right to keep his energy task force papers secret, another key case that will test the limits of executive branch power. Gwen Ifill discusses the details… Continue watching
Apr 26 High Court to Hear Cheney Energy Task Force Case By Admin The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on whether Vice President Dick Cheney should be able to keep his energy task force papers secret, another key case in the high court's current term that will test the limits of executive… Continue reading