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The Ghosts of Rehnquist
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The late U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist once opined, “In times of war the law is silent.” That is to say, as war is the state’s supreme executive power, the courts will neither… Full Transcript
The Man Called Robert Byrd (Version B)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The longest serving member of the U.S. Senate would have been a title cherished by Robert Carlyle Byrd, who became, among other things, an historian. Byrd’s beginnings were from the white Southern poor, and he… Full Transcript
The Man Called Robert C. Byrd (Version A)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, would have been a title cherished by Robert Carlyle Byrd, who became, among other things, an historian. Byrd’s beginnings were from the white Southern poor, and he… Full Transcript
Sonia Sotomayor’s Stroll to the Supremes
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It was a foregone conclusion. When federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor was nominated to fill the seat of retired U.S. Supreme Court associate justice, David Souter, the die was cast. While there are few… Full Transcript
Race, Racism and the Sotomayor Nomination (Version B)
Race, Racism and the Sotomayor Nomination (Version A)
Brown at 55 and Counting (Version B)
Brown at 55 and Counting (Version A)
Beating Back Batson (Version B)
Beating Back Baston (Version A)
Three Strikes And More
Mumia Abu-Jamal
A man steals several videotapes from the friendly neighborhood Kmart, and gets arrested. When sentenced for these petty thefts, he’s cast into prison for life. Another man steals several golf clubs, and he too gets… Full Transcript
When Ineffective Means Effective
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In a case known as Strickland v. Washington, the U.S. Supreme Court drastically narrowed the range of challenges to the effectiveness and competence of counsel at criminal trials. The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution… Full Transcript
Black March To Death Row
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Every day in America, the trek continues, a Black march to death row. In Pennsylvania, where Afro-Americans constitute 9% of the population, well over 60% of its death row inhabitants are Black. Across the nation,… Full Transcript
Amy Goodman: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. As we turn to Pennsylvania, where Republican Governor, Tom Corbett, has just signed into law a bill critics say will… Full Transcript