SUPREME COURT

  • Democracy Now! March 13, 2003

    Delma Banks lives: U.S. Supreme Court grants emergency stay 15 minutes before Texan man was scheduled to be executed; Elizabeth Smart is found while Alexis Patterson is largely forgotten: We look at the cases of two girls who were abducted last year and why one made headlines and the other didn’t; New York says no…

  • Democracy Now! March 11, 2003

    Hour 1 :: Anti-war protesters plan for massive civil disobedience in Washington next week; Immigrant rights groups prepare for a fourth round of mass deportations of Pakistani detainees; Police in Montpelier, Vt. photograph student protesters & ask for surveillance help from the local media: Meanwhile in Minnesota, law enforcement identifies student anti-war group as possible…

  • Democracy Now! December 17, 2002

    Transit Workers Union reaches a tentative agreement with New York City MTA: the deal averts a strike by workers from nation s largest public transportation system; Is cross-burning constitutionally protected speech, or racial intimidation and hatred? A debate between Rodney Smolla, attorney for three white Virginia men who burned crosses and john powell, founder of…

  • Democracy Now! July 28, 1997

    Goodbye to Justice Brennan; Goodbye to Grandmother Goodman; Campaign Finance |Goodbye to Justice Brennan Look at life and career of Supreme Court justice William Brennan who died last week at the age of 91. GUEST: Joshua Rosencrantz, co-editor of Reason and Passion, Justice Brennan’s Enduring Influence. Goodbye to Grandmother Goodman Amy Goodman remembers her grandmother,…

  • Rehnquist’s Impeachment Gavel; Race and Corporate Law World

    (14 Minutes) Rehnquist’s Impeachment Gavel Supreme Court Chief William Rehnquist will preside over the Sentate impeachment trial of President Clinton, if it happens. Rehnquist has actually written a book on two such trials called “Grand Inquest,” which might lend some insight into how he would conduct the historic proceeding. Burt Neuborne, law professor, reviews his…

  • Democracy Now! January 8, 1999

    Chief Justice William Rehnquist and His Gold Stripes; Snitches and Mandatory Sentencing |(6 Minutes) Chief Justice William Rehnquist and His Gold Stripes A look at the gold braids on Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist’s tobe. He started to wear them 5 years ago after seeing a production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Iolanthe”. A look…

  • Democracy Now! January 11, 1999

    Essay on Impeachment , the Sentate and the Supreme Court; The Klan Rallies on Martin Luther King Day; Cruelty and Neglect in Russian Orphanages |(6 Minutes) Essay on Impeachment, the Senate and the Supreme Court, Amy Goodman (8 Minutes)The Klan Rallies on Martin Luther King Day A federal judge ruled that the Ku Klux Klan…

  • Democracy Now! December 15, 1998

    William Rehnquist and Civil Rights; Law Clerk Hiring Controversy; Edward Lazarus Interview |(11 Minutes) William Rehnquist and Civil Rights He is the country’s highest judge, the man who will preside over the Senate trial of President Clinton if the House of Representatives votes to impeach him. As Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, William Rehnquist…