Jun 24 Supreme Court Rules Only Juries Can Impose Death Sentences By Admin The Supreme Court ruled Monday that juries, not judges, must decide whether a defendant receives the death penalty, overturning the death sentence laws in five states and affecting more than 160 prisoners on death row. Continue reading
Jun 20 Supreme Court Rules States Can Help Patients Fight HMOs By Admin, PBS News Hour As its current term comes to a close, the Supreme Court announced several key rulings Thursday, including a major health care decision to let patients use state laws to fight group health plans that refuse to approve certain medical treatments. Continue reading
Jun 20 Supreme Court Bars Executing Mentally Retarded Killers By Admin, PBS News Hour The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday ruled executing mentally retarded people convicted of murder violates the constitution's Eighth Amendment protections against "cruel and unusual punishments."… Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch Fighting HMOs The Supreme Court upholds state laws that help patients fight their HMOs. Continue watching
Jun 17 Court Rules Solicitors Can Pound Pavement Without Permit By Admin In one of a series of decisions handed down Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution protects the rights of missionaries, politicians and others to solicit door-to-door without requesting permission from local authorities. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch Legal Limbo Ray Suarez discusses the legal rights and status of three U.S. citizens currently held in conjunction with the war on terrorism. He is joined by Ruth Wedgwood of Yale Law School and Johns Hopkins University, and David Cole of the… Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch Dirty Bomb Arrest Experts discuss the arrest of a man with alleged plans to build and detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" and what would be the likely affect of an attack. Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch Background: Dirty Bomb A report from Kwame Holman on the arrest of a man in the U.S. who allegedly planned to build and detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb."… Continue watching
Apr 29 High Court Narrows Scope of Disabilities Act By Admin A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that the needs of disabled workers do not normally outweigh an employer's seniority policies. Continue reading
Apr 16 Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Virtual Child Pornography By Admin In a 6-3 decision, the U.S Supreme Court Tuesday struck down a congressional ban that made it a crime to distribute or possess computer-generated images of minors engaged in sexual acts. Continue reading