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Supreme Court Confirmation Process

Liberal and conservative veterans of past Supreme Court battles talked about the confirmation process. Topics included the nomination process, the types of questions asked in...
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Original Intent and a Living Constitution

Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia participated in a discussion on the constitutional theories of original intent and the Constitution as a living document. They...
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Role of Supreme Court Judges

David Savage talked about Chief Justice Roberts University of Alabama Law School speech, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. In the speech...
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U.S. Supreme Court Retirements

Dahlia Lithwick talked by phone from Charlottesville, Virginia, about the news report that the White House is working behind the scenes to get ready for...
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Women's Participation at the Supreme Court

Panelists talked about the history of women lawyers, the challenges women face in the legal profession, and the role women lawyers have played in oral...
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Weekly Presidential Address

President Obama talked about this week's Supreme Court decision that cleared the way for corporations to spend freely on political advertising.
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Open Phones

Telephone lines were open for comments on Senator-Elect Scott Brown's victory in the Massachusetts special election to fill former Senator Ted Kennedy's seat. Emily Pierce...
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YouTube Coverage of Proposition 8 Trial

Mark Sherman reported by phone om the latest developments on the U.S. Supreme Court decision, acting on an appeal from defenders of California's ban on...
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American Needle v. NFL News Conference

Following oral arguments in the case, "American Needle v. NFL" lawyers spoke to reporters and answered questions about their presentation and the case.
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Supreme Court Decisions

David Savage, participating by phone, talked about the latest developments in two Supreme Court cases. The first involves the Court's decision, acting on an appeal...
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Supreme Court's 2010 Docket

Greg Stohr, Supreme Court reporter for "Bloomberg News", talked about the high profile cases on Supreme Court's docket for 2010. He also addressed the court...
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Supreme Court 2009 Term Preview, Part 2

A portion of a forum examining upcoming Supreme Court cases was shown. A discussion on recent changes at the U.S. Supreme Court included the retirement...
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Stevens

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice John Paul Stevens were interviewed as part of C-SPAN's Supreme Court Week. Chief Justice Roberts talked about a...
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Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor, Breyer, Thomas, and Alito

Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito were interviewed as part of C-SPAN's Supreme Court Week. In her first television interview...
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Supreme Court Justices Kennedy, Ginsburg, Scalia, and O'Connor

Justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, and Sandra Day O'Connor were interviewed as part of C-SPAN's Supreme Court Week. Justice Kennedy gave...
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Historians on the Supreme Court Building

In the first part of the program historian Jim O'Hara talked about the idea behind creating a new building for the Supreme Court. Built in...
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Attorneys Who Have Argued Before The Court

Two attorneys talked about the numerous cases they have argued in front of the Supreme Court at oral argument. Drew Days III was the U.S....
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Supreme Court Clerk Interview

At the start of the 2009-2010 Supreme Court term, Justices rejected almost 2,000 cases for appeals while agreeing to hear 55 cases so far. On...
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The Supreme Court: Home to America's Highest Court, 2009 Edition

"The Supreme Court: Home to America's Highest Court" takes an unprecedented look into the Supreme Court, its role, traditions and history of the Court featuring...
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Red Mass Departures

Following the traditional "Red Mass" for the opening of the Supreme Court, footage of justices departing the church was shown. Supreme Court Chief Justice John...