Jul 05 Watch 4:00 As census goes to print, Trump administration isn’t giving up on citizenship question After a Supreme Court decision left open the possibility of justifying the addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. census, the Trump administration is exploring ways to do just that. Yamiche Alcindor joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the… Continue watching
Jun 27 Supreme Court forbids citizenship question on 2020 census By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court says the Trump administration's explanation for wanting to add the question was "more of a distraction" than an explanation. Continue reading
Jun 27 Supreme Court says federal courts have no role in policing partisan gerrymandering By Mark Sherman, Associated Press In a decision that could reshape U.S. politics, the Supreme Court says federal courts have no role in policing partisan redistricting. Continue reading
Apr 20 Quest for food stamp data lands newspaper at Supreme Court By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press In the summer of 2010, reporters at South Dakota’s Argus Leader newspaper decided to request data about the government’s food assistance program, previously known as food stamps. Trying to get that data has taken the paper more than eight years… Continue reading
Apr 04 Texas bans all clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling By Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press The Supreme Court blocked the execution of a Buddhist man who said his religious freedom would be violated if his spiritual adviser couldn't accompany him. Continue reading
Mar 31 Want to fix gerrymandering? Then the Supreme Court needs to listen to mathematicians By Manil Suri, Karen Saxe, The Conversation Supreme Court justices have previously called statistical methods of measuring partisan gerrymandering 'sociological gobbledygook' and 'a bunch of baloney.'… Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch Special Episode: State of the Union Aftershow By PBS NewsHour The State of the Union fanfare is gone. What now? Join the PBS NewsHour’s Amna Nawaz, Lisa Desjardins, Yamiche Alcindor and Daniel Bush as they dig into President Donald Trump’s speech and the Democratic response. Which statements have traction and… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch 4:42 Is banning trans troops a legal tactic to reverse civil rights? By Ivette Feliciano U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the discrimination of trans people, either by banning them from the military or firing them because of their sex, have much more at stake than is often perceived. Chase Strangio, an attorney at ACLU’s LGBT… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 5:28 Millions of Americans’ health care under a ‘possible cloud’ after federal court ruling By PBS NewsHour Weekend A coalition of states with Democratic leadership is promising to appeal a Texas federal court ruling on Friday that aimed to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act. The case was brought by a group of Republican state attorneys general and… Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch 5:45 Why Chief Justice Roberts’ response to Trump matters In a rare move, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts responded to President Trump’s recent criticism of a judge who ruled against his new asylum rules. Roberts countered that “the U.S. does not have Obama judges or Trump… Continue watching