NPR: Justice Talking Podcast
NPR: Justice Talking Podcast
award-winning radio that engages listeners in timely, refreshingly honest debates on the current legal battles that capture our nation's ...
Regulation of the Entertainment Industry
The movie rating industry has initiated some reforms following charges by filmmakers that the system is arbitrary and unfair. But skeptics ...
College Admissions
The college admissions process has changed significantly in recent years, particularly for students seeking to get into the nation's most ...
Pornography and the First Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court has struggled over the years to define where the First Amendment ends and obscenity begins. The pressure to answer ...
Is There a Right to Health Care?
With health care at the top of the domestic policy agenda and the presidential candidates stumping on the issue all across the nation, ...
Election Laws
In every election year, questions arise about the fairness of the voting process. This edition of Justice Talking will take a detailed look ...
The Tension Between Security and Liberty in the War on Terror
More than a dozen states are at loggerheads with the federal government over the warrantless wiretapping program. Strong divisions are ...
Marijuana Laws
Several years ago Chicago Mayor Richard Daley made headlines as he pushed to ease the penalties for use of small amounts of marijuana. He ...
Innovations in Policing
As murder rates increase in a number of large cities, police are implementing a host of new measures aimed at reducing crime: cameras in ...
Are Current Water Policies Leaving Us High and Dry?
An unprecedented drought throughout the nation's Southeast has forced some of the region's largest cities to declare water emergencies. ...
Employment Discrimination Post-Ledbetter
Last term, in , the U.S. Supreme Court decided that women who sue for pay discrimination must file a claim against their employers within ...
Immigration and Policy
The issue of immigration has been a flashpoint in the Presidential debates. Border fences, identification for illegal immigrants, and other ...
The FCC's New Rules for Media Ownership
In mid-December, the Federal Communications Commission approved new rules that affect ownership of the nation's media companies. One rule ...












