The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The case arose from a political documentary called Hillary: The Movie. The film’s producers lost a Fe…
13,418 viewsSupreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was interviewed as part of C-SPAN’s Supreme Court Week. He gave a guided tour through the three distinct parts of his chambers. He began in the area w…
2,856 viewsU.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens had a conversation on a stage with U.S. District Court Judge Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr. They talked about current legal issues including the…
657 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder, docket number 08-322. At issue were provisions of the 1965 federal Voting R…
3,410 viewsThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the cases of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita about the validity of the law passed in 2005 by the…
810 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Kennedy v. Louisiana on the constitutionality of the death penalty for child rape. This program contained the audio recording release…
4,012 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, docket number 07-290, in which a 1976 law was challenged that had the effect of banning handguns in the D…
15,430 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Baze v. Rees, docket number 07-5439. The Court will decide if the lethal injection drugs used to execute prisoners on death row have such a high prob…
1,417 viewsJustices heard oral arguments in the cases of Boumediene v. Bush, docket number 06-1195, and Al Odah v. U.S. involving the rights of suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and th…
1,759 viewsJustice Stevens talked about the recent Supreme Court term and his career on the Court. Justice Stevens, appointed by President Ford in 1975, is the oldest and longest-serving member on the …
472 viewsGovernment and plaintiff attorneys presented oral arguments in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld on the constitutionality of using military commissions to try al-Qaida members accused of war crimes. Among …
1,664 viewsJustices heard oral arguments on two cases involving partial birth abortions. At 10 a.m. the justices heard arguments in Gonzales v. Carhart, et al.. At 11 a.m., they heard Gonzales v. Plann…
1,350 viewsThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, docket number 05-915. Plaintiff, Crystal Meredith, son’s Louisville, Kentucky, school …
950 viewsThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 docket number 05-908. The Seattle School Board adopted a plan…
2,280 viewsAmerica and the Courts includes: On Thursday, September 14, 2006, U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens spoke at the seventh annual Justice Stevens awards, presented by the Chicago…
111 viewsAttorneys made oral arguments in the case of Planned Parenthood of Southeast Pennsylvania v. Casey. Robert P. Casey was the governor of Pennsylvania. Ernest Preate argued the cause for the r…
6,704 viewsAttorneys made oral arguments in the 1989 case of Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. Then Missouri Attorney General William Webster argued the case for the respondents. Frank Susman ar…
1,318 viewsFollowing some court business including the release of an opinion by Justice Thomas and admissions to the Supreme Court Bar, attorneys made oral arguments in the case of Rumsfeld v. Forum fo…
638 viewsAttorneys made oral arguments in the case of Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. Justices questioned litigants as they mad arguments about the scope of New Hampshire legisl…
682 viewsPresident Bush acknowledged the seven current Justices who were in the audience, as well as members of his cabinet, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and other government dignitarie…
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