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
Apr 16 Supreme Court Rejects Leggett Appeal By Admin The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Vanessa Leggett, the Houston-based writer who spent 168 days in prison for refusing to turn over her interviews about a Texas murder case to a federal grand jury. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch Supreme Court Watch: Jennifer Harbury The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the right to sue government officials. Continue watching
Feb 25 Court Allows Ten Commandments Ruling to Stand By Admin Without comment, the Supreme Court Monday refused to hear a contentious case involving the public display of the Ten Commandments on the Indiana statehouse lawn. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch School Vouchers Gwen Ifill gets two perspectives on the school voucher argument heard before the Supreme Court. Continue watching