Videos

The guests debated today’s U.S. Supreme Court case in Boumediene v. Bush and al-Odah v. U.S., on whether Guantanamo Bay detainees have habeas corpus rights under U.S. law. Mr. Vladeck filed …

Mr. Stamp and Mr. Swift spoke about the operation of military tribunals, Constitutional issues surrounding the trials of detainees suspected of terrorism, and the rights of the accused. They…

Mr. Samp talked about the possible impact of proposed and enacted anti-terrorism laws on individual civil liberties and freedoms. He also responded to viewer comments and questions.

Attorneys Mark Haddad and Richard Samp talked about tobacco advertising, free speech issues, and pending lawsuits against tobacco companies. They also responded to viewer comments and questi…

Mr. Dellinger and Mr. Samp talked about the Supreme Court deliberations on whether the Food and Drug Administration can regulate tobacco as a drug. They also responded to viewer telephone ca…

The Washington Legal Foundation hosted a discussion in which panelists gave an assessment of the Supreme Court’s progress thus far at the mid-point in its term. Attorneys who have clerked fo…

Attorneys Penda Hair and Richard Samp discussed the constitutionality of congressional redistricting and the two Supreme Court cases dealing with the issue.

Judicial scholars discussed federal judgeships and President Clinton’s process in appointing federal judges.

Mr. Healy and Mr. Samp debated and responded to questions from a studio audience on the issue of capital punishment and the death penalty.

This CLOSE UP FOUNDATION production of CURRENT ISSUES addresses, the Death Penalty issue, following a April 1992 execution in California. High school students were invited to discuss their v…

George Kassouf, Director of the Judicial Selection Project for the Alliance for Justice, expressed his organization’s disappointment at the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court…

Mr. Parker and Mr. Samp discussed the recent Supreme Court decisions concerning the Voting Rights Act. The Court determined that judges are representatives standing for a particular constitu…

Legal experts discussed the recent Supreme Court cases, “Missouri v. Jenkins” and “Osborne v. Ohio.” "Missouri v. Jenkins" considered the power of federal judges. The Court decided that a ju…

On this program, Supreme Court Review, the panel analyzed the results of the first half of the Court term. Cases discussed included the Court’s 5-4 Spallone v. U.S. decision, and the implica…