The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new Forever stamp featuring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Three of the late justice’s colleagues were in attendance. Chief Justice Jo…
673 viewsPresident Richard Nixon’s firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox on October 20, 1973, set off a chain of political and legal events that left his presidency hanging in the bala…
651 viewsThe Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History presented its “Great Americans Medal” to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The posthumous award honored her legal and judicial career as well…
559 viewsAuthor and journalist Lisa Napoli profiled four female journalists, Susan Stamberg, Linda Wertheimer, Nina Totenberg, and Cokie Roberts, whose reporting helped establish National Public Radi…
610 viewsSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg talked about her book, My Own Words, in which she recounted her life and time on the high court. Justice Ginsburg and her book’s co-author, Mary Har…
7,072 viewsIn 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. Panelists -- including one of Justice O’Connor’s first law clerks and L…
537 viewsThe Council on Foreign Relations held a discussion on the cases before the Supreme Court in the 2019-20 term. Panelists included two appellate attorneys who argue before the court frequently…
497 viewsSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered remarks in Little Rock, Arkansas as part of a special lecture series hosted by the Clinton Foundation and Clinton School of Public Service…
15,810 viewsNina Totenberg, NPR legal affairs correspondent, discussed her career covering the Supreme Court with political commentator and radio talk show host Bill Press. They talked about several iss…
898 viewsNPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg was interviewed in this session of the National Judicial College series of panels on the impact of verbal attacks on the judiciary branch and t…
376 viewsThe Radio Television Digital News Foundation hosted its annual First Amendment awards dinner to honor journalists and news industry leaders. The post-dinner ceremony included remarks by NPR …
180 viewsPresident Obama spoke at the Righteous Among the Nations Award Ceremony at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. The ceremony honoring four people, including Americans, for risking their l…
7,267 viewsA book party was held at the Jefferson Hotel for the publication of Shooting from the Lip: The Life of Senator Al Simpson, written by Donald Hardy. Senator Simpson was shown mingling with th…
1,131 viewsJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg addressed the 2010 Tenth Circuit Bench and Bar Conference. She read a speech that was originally to have been delivered by her late husband who died of cancer. Fo…
15,458 viewsPanelists talked about the impact of Caperton v. Massey Coal on the recusal of state judges. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June 2009 on circumstances under which judges should recuse thems…
413 viewsPanelists talked about the modern history of the Supreme Court and the creation and use of labeling techniques for justices during the nomination phase, “judicial activism” being an example.…
243 viewsThree women journalists talked about freedom of the press, the journalism industry, and the practice of journalism as a profession. The also talked about public access to information, histor…
192 viewsStudents from the University of Denver, Pace University in New York City, and George Mason University in Washington, D.C., participated by broadband feed in a distance learning class. N…
35 viewsThe 14th Annual Arena Stage Benefit for Community Engagement was a one-night-only performance of the original crime-solving comedy, The Pundit Whodunit: The Case of the Political Puzzle, wr…
339 viewsPanelists at a day-long conference on Supreme Court issues hosted by the Shorenstein Center talked about the nominations of Harriet Myers and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. Among the top…
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