Videos

Joseph Rauh and Brad Reynolds reflected on the Supreme Court career of Chief Justice William Rehnquist on the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court confirmation of Judge Rehnquist to the Sup…

Steven Kramer discussed the European Community’s Summit held on December 9-10, 1991 in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Leaders of the 12 member community met to work on final negotiations on a …

Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), who had recently returned from Eastern Europe, talked about the conflict in Yugoslavia and the efforts to end the violence. He also responded to viewer com…

Miranda Spivack, Supreme Court correspondent for The Hartford Courant, and Burton Wechsler, law professor at American University, continued their discussion of Guam Society of Obstetricians …

Participants discussed Guam Society of Obstetricians v. Joseph Ada. In March 1991 the U.S. territory of Guam passed a law banning all abortions, with certain exceptions. Performing an aborti…

Two former Assistant Attorney Generals discussed the activities and recent history of the office of the U.S. Attorney General on the day confirmation hearings began for William Barr to becom…

The guests spoke about current events in Lithuania. They talked about the history of the country and speculated on its future.

Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) and David Anderson, an attorney with the Justice Department, spoke about the case of "Specter, et al v. Anderson, et al", recently heard in U.S. Distri…

Viewer call-in with members of the Helsinki Commission Congressional Delegation. The representatives toured the Baltics, Armenia, Soviet Georgia, and Moscow after the coup attempt on Soviet …

Mark Hager talked about the issues facing the court in the coming year. The cases before the court were previewed, including Freeman v. Pitts and Cipollone v. The Liggett Group. Mr. Hager al…

Sam Vincent Meddis, Reporter for USA Today, discussed recent developments in the Robert Gates confirmation hearings for CIA director and took viewer questions.

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…

The guests gave their opinions on whether Judge Thomas should be confirmed. They discussed issues surrounding the hearings, such as civil rights, abortion, natural law and rule of precedent.…

David Marston’s new book, Malice Aforethought takes a critical view of the American courts. He also talked about the need for professional discipline in the legal system. He discussed client…

Representative Donald Payne, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, discussed whether or not economic sanctions should continue for South Africa. South Africa has repealed the Popu…

Sen. Warren Rudman (R-NH), attorney and former attorney general for the state of New Hampshire, discussed his career as an attorney and his work in Congress. Sen. Rudman, now 60 years old, i…

Richard Kozak and Doug Wilkes, both of whom recently won awards for excellence from the White House News Photographers Association, discussed their work as White House photographers. The men…

In International Union v. Johnson Controls, the Supreme Court ruled this week that it is unconstitutional for companies to have policies which prohibit women from working in high risk areas …

Senator Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ) took viewer calls and questions following a trip to Kuwait in which he viewed the damage caused by the Iraqi invasion.

Judge Christopher Weeramantry of the International Court of Justice talked about international courts of law, Islamic contributions to the legal system, and the effects of technology on the …