Apr 29 Biden announces 2nd round of diverse federal judiciary picks By Colleen Long, Associated Press President Joe Biden announced on Thursday another diverse group of candidates for his second round of judicial nominations, a day after some in his first slate of picks went before a Senate committee. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch 5:32 Student free speech makes it to the Supreme Court in former high school cheerleader's case By John Yang, Alex D'Elia The social media platform Snapchat, the "F-word," and cheerleading made its way to the Supreme Court Wednesday, in a battle over student free speech. The Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that public schools could punish disruptive student speech in school,… Continue watching
Apr 28 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears oral arguments over free speech rights for students By Mark Sherman, Associated Press A wary Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether public schools can discipline students for things they say off campus, worrying about overly restricting speech on the one hand and leaving educators powerless to deal with bullying on the other. Continue reading
Apr 26 LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears arguments in 2 cases By News Desk At 10 a.m. ET, the justices will hear Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Rodriquez. At 11 a.m. ET, arguments will be presented in Guam v. the United States. Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch 11:28 Brooks and Capehart on police shootings, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including police shootings of people of color, and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Continue watching
Apr 15 WATCH: Democrats introduce legislation to expand Supreme Court By Kevin Freking, Associated Press President Joe Biden last week created a commission to spend the next six months examining the politically incendiary issues of expanding the court and instituting term limits for justices. Continue reading
Apr 09 Group to study more justices, term limits for Supreme Court By Jonathan Lemire, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press President Joe Biden has ordered a study of adding seats to the Supreme Court, creating a commission that will spend the next 180 days examining the incendiary political issues of expanding the court and instituting term limits for its justices. Continue reading
Apr 01 Supreme Court upholds FCC's easing of local media ownership limits By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The old rules prohibited a single entity from owning a radio or TV station and a daily newspaper in the same media market. They also limited how many radio and TV stations one company could own in a single market… Continue reading
Apr 01 Supreme Court unanimously gives Georgia win in water war with Florida By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously for Georgia in its long-running dispute with Florida over water. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch 9:00 Convictions by non-unanimous juries were banned in 2020. What happens to those imprisoned by them? By Tom Casciato The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1972 that non-unanimous juries—those that convict a defendant with a split decision—are a violation of the 6th Amendment. But a loophole, until recently, allowed two states to maintain the practice. Special Correspondent Tom Casciato… Continue watching