Reporters on 2014 Supreme Court Term
Supreme Court correspondents reviewed the 2014-15 Court term, including key decisions and the personalities and interactions among the nine justices. Other topics included the process for…
795 viewsSupreme Court correspondents reviewed the 2014-15 Court term, including key decisions and the personalities and interactions among the nine justices. Other topics included the process for…
795 viewsSupreme Court reporters reviewed the cases of the 2013 term and gave a behind-the-scenes look on covering major cases. They also talked about their personal experiences of covering the cases, how they…
489 viewsNational reporters who cover the U.S. Supreme Court assessed the court’s past term, which included decisions on voting rights, same-sex marriage, and affirmative action. They also responded to…
344 viewsSupreme Court reporters reviewed the 2011-12 term. Among the topics they covered were the consistency of the justices on First Amendment issues, rulings against the government in life sentences for juveniles,…
629 viewsThe Bill of Rights Institute and William and Mary Law School hosted a moot court on the FCC v. Fox Television indecency case. The case rests on the FCC’s ban against the use of curse words…
489 viewsJournalists who cover the U.S. Supreme Court held a panel discussion about the major cases and issues before the Court in the 2007-2008 term, as well as the personalities and interactions…
206 viewsA moot court on “Guantanamo Detainees and the Military Commissions Act” was held in the McGlothlin Court Room as part of the College of William and Mary School of Law 20th Annual Supreme…
286 viewsA panel of correspondents discussed the relationship between the Supreme Court and the press, as well as prominent Supreme Court cases, including those involving prisoner detentions,…
95 viewsSupreme Court correspondents spoke about the recent Supreme Court term in which decisions affected affirmative action, a Texas sodomy law, the death penalty, and freedom of speech.…
65 viewsLegal correspondents discussed media coverage of the legal issues in the contested presidential election in Florida in November 2000. They answered questions from the audience of high…
55 viewsSupreme court Journalists and Law professors talk about how the 2000 Presidential elections might impact the Court. This panel discussion was part of William and Mary’s Annual two day…
56 viewsA moot court debated the U.S. Supreme Court case Ferguson v. City of Charleston. At issue in the case is whether public hospitals can test pregnant patients for drug use and inform police…
655 viewsDavid Savage of The Los Angeles Times and Joan Biskupic of The Washington Post participated in a mid-term review of the Supreme Court. They talked about cases on grandparents' rights,…
32 viewsSupreme Court scholars and journalists participated in a moot court argument regarding the case Mitchell vs. Helms, which the Supreme Court heard on December 1, 1999. The case focused on…
274 viewsJournalists talked about how the public learns about the Supreme Court and what information should be available to the media. They also talked about how the Canadian media system appoints a…
49 viewsSupreme Court scholars and journalists took part in a moot court argument on the case, Chicago v. Morales, which the Supreme Court would hear the following. The case is about a Chicago…
889 viewsIn this segment of AMERICA and the COURTS correspondents and law professors discussed legal cases to be reviewed by the Court during the current term. Panelists: Joan Biskupic,Supreme Court…
35 viewsIn a moot court, the participants argued the Piscataway v. Taxman case which is on the Supreme Court docket for the 1997-98 term. It deals with race and employment. A white teacher sued the…
259 viewsAttorneys argued the case of Clinton v. Jones before a panel of Supreme Court journalists who served as the judges. The Supreme Court on January 13 heard the arguments in the case in which…
215 viewsAt a two-day conference on the 1996-97 U.S. Supreme Court term, panelists discussed the voting rights issues before the Court this term. The Court has five cases dealing with these issues…
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