Supreme Court hears argument in Ashcroft v. Iqbal
Can you sue the Attorney General? The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in Ashcroft v. Iqbal. The court will consider whether Muslim men who were rounded up after the attacks of Sept. 11 may sue...
View ArticlePreventing another Madoff scheme
In light of the anticipated guilty plea from Bernard L. Madoff, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a public speech this week about his take on how to prevent another Madoff scheme. On The...
View ArticlePlaxico Burress Plea Bargain: 2 Years
Former New York Giants wide-reciever Plaxico Burress accepted a plea bargain yesterday which will send him to prison for 2 years after pleading guilty to a weapons charge. As you might remember,...
View ArticleDavid Letterman's Admission
Last night, David Letterman had a startling admission to his audience: that he had had sexual relationships with female staff members and was being extorted for it. Authories have arrested a suspect...
View ArticleWhen Is It Okay to Date the Boss?
Comedian David Letterman and Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) were both recently blackmailed for what's long been considered taboo: consensual relationships with their employees. But is it reallythatbad to...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer on Bear Stearns Acquittals
A Brooklyn jury acquitted two former Bear Stearns executives Tuesday. The two men had been charged with lying to investors. To give us the low-down on all of this is a man accustomed to suing Wall...
View ArticleThe Path to Justice for Suspected Fort Hood Shooter
At a memorial for victims of the Fort Hood shootings, President Obama said the killer will "be met with justice in this world and the next." We focus on the legal challenges for the alleged shooter,...
View ArticleDeep Cuts: In Georgia, Not Enough Money for Executions
A case brought to the Georgia Supreme Court this Tuesday might decide whether Georgia can afford to levy the death penalty any more. Jamie Weis has been sitting in jail for four years waiting for a...
View ArticleTakeouts: Holder Hearings, Retailers, Listeners
Washington Takeout: Todd Zwillich was at a hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday where Attorney General Eric Holder defended his decision to try confessed 9/11 'mastermind' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a...
View ArticleWho's Your Daddy? DNA Might Not Matter
A third of men who take paternity tests end up finding out that they're not really the father. And just as stricter federal rules are holding baby daddies more accountable, the science of proving...
View ArticleTerror Trials: Justice or Circus?
One of the most frequent arguments against allowing the trials of self-professed 9/11 'mastermind' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his accused associates to proceed in civilian court is that the...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Court: Convicted Felons Can Still Vote
A federal court in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle has overturned a Washington state law that said convicted felons had no right to vote. The case turned on questions of racial bias in...
View ArticleAnalyzing Justice Roberts' Supreme Court
In what will certainly be looked back upon as a landmark and highly controversial decision, the Supreme Court reversed longstanding restrictions on campaign finance yesterday: specifically, laws...
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John Yoo on Expanding Presidential Power
In the spring of 2002, members of the Bush administration came to John Yoo, then a deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Justice Department, to help the administration decide where the legal limit...
View ArticleObama Administration Considers New Location for 9/11 Trial
The Obama administration is considering moving the trial of chief organizer of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed out of New York City. Benjamin Weiser, reporter at The New York...
View ArticleMixed Legal Decisions for Bank of America
Yesterday the headlines about Bank of America came fast and furious. The Security and Exchange Comission came to a new settlement deal with Bank of America for $150 million; now it has to be approved...
View ArticleImmigrants Facing Harsh Sentencing for Minor Infractions
When 28-year-old Jerry Lemaine of Long Island was told to plead guilty to ownership of a misdemeanor amount of marijuana posession, he probably didn't realize that it would result in his deportation to...
View ArticleMarijuana: The (Legit) 21st Century Cash Crop?
Activists seem to be gaining ground in their fight to normalize pot use in the U.S.: Fourteen states have legalized medical marijuana to some extent, and fourteen others have marijuana-related...
View ArticleColorado Attorney General John Suthers on Marijuana Dispensaries
John Hockenberry sat down with Colorado Attorney General John Suthers earlier this week, and part of their conversation we're bringing to you here online. John asked Suthers about the growing numbers...
View ArticleSettlement with Havasupai Tribe Means $700,000 for Unauthorized Use of DNA
The University of Arizona has agreed to pay $700,000 to 41 Havasupai tribal citizens to settle claims that the university misused DNA samples given by tribe members over a decade ago.In 1989, some...
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