Videos

Mary Anne Wood, attorney for Utah and Jane Benshoof, attorney for the plaintiffs, talked to C-SPAN about a legal challenge to Utah’s abortion law for and edition of "America and the Courts".

The guests discussed Associate Justice Antonin Scalia’s career thus far on the U.S. Supreme Court. Although believed to be a conservative when appointed, some of his decisions have been surp…

Participants in the case Pacific Mutual v. Haslip met with reporters after arguments on the case was heard by the Supreme Court. The Court was asked in the case to determine whether extremel…

Attorneys, clients and advocates in the case Rust v. Sullivan presented their viewpoints to reporters outside the Supreme Court after presenting arguments to the Court. Rust v. Sullivan cent…

Two former law clerks and a Supreme Court journalist spoke about the tenure of Justice William Brennan. Former clerks, Dennis Lyons and Abraham Sofaer talked about Justice’s influence on civ…

Last week marked the fifteenth anniversary of the confirmation of Justice Stevens to the Supreme Court. This series of programs looked at the Stevens confirmation and his judicial philosophy…

Ms. Campbell and Mr. Epstein discussed the addition of Justice David Souter, the reasons for the Court’s light docket, and Minnick v. Mississippi. Fetal care, free speech and due process wer…

Constitutional law professor William Greenhalgh talked about the Supreme Court case Minnick v. Mississippi and compared and contrasted it to Edwards v. Arizona of 1981. Both cases deal with …

Defendant Thomas Gaubert and his attorney talked to reporters about the Supreme Court case U.S. v. Thomas Gaubert. The case involves the suing of the U.S. government for causing the insolven…

Ms. Johnson and Mr. Thompson discussed Harmelin v. Michigan, an Eighth Amendment challenge to a Michigan statute that gives a life sentence without parole for possession of cocaine above 650…

Two Supreme Court reporters discussed the International Union v. Johnson Controls case which was argued that week. The case concerns a company policy of barring certain jobs to female employ…

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the cases Board of Education v. Dowell and Perry v. Louisiana and Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Cleopatra Haslip. In Dowell, the role of …

Herman Schwartz, Professor, American University and Michael Krause, Professor, George Mason University, discussed and reviewed the first two days of Nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge David…

Journalists discussed the recent 1989-90 Supreme Court term. The term ended with surprising victories for the Court’s liberal minority.

Flag-burning, the right-to-die, abortion, the power of federal judges, and affirmative action were just some of the controversial issues heard this year by the Supreme Court. Legal experts d…

The Supreme Court concluded its 1989-90 term this past week. Mr. Mauro and Mr. Savage summarized the term, discussing recent decisions on abortion, affirmative action, and the “right to die.…

Lynne Olson, American University discussed Milkovich v. Lorain (Ohio) Journal, which concerns libel laws and the rights of sports reporters. Carol Connor Flowe, General Counsel, Pension Bene…

Ms. Biskupic talked about the Court’s recent 5-4 decision in U.S. v. Eichman which reaffirmed that flag-burning is protected by the First Amendment as free speech. Also discussed was Perpich…

The Supreme Court recently decided on the case of “Mergens v. Westside Schools.” Students at the Nebraska school had wanted permission for a Bible Club which could meet and be officially rec…

The guests discussed issues surrounding the flag burning cases, U.S. v. Haggerty and U.S. v. Eichman. These cases force the Court to consider the constitutionality of the Flag Protection Act…