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SCOTUS: Police Can Swab for DNA Upon Arrest
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 5 minutes
Abridged: No
In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that police officers can take DNA samples without a warrant from people they arrest for serious crimes without violating the Fourth Amendment. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal joins Gwen Ifill to help clarify the details of the ruling and how the justices were split on the decision. Read more
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Cool War
By: Noah Feldman
Narrated by: Noah Feldman
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
A bold and thought-provoking look at the future of U.S.-China relations, and how their coming power struggle will reshape the competitive playing field for nations around the world
The Cold War seemingly ended in a decisive victory for the West. But now, Noah Feldman argues, we are entering an era of renewed global struggle: the era of Cool... Read more
The Roberts Court
By: Marcia Coyle
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 12 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Seven minutes after President Obama put his signature to a landmark national health care insurance program, a lawyer in the office of Florida GOP attorney general Bill McCollum hit a computer key, sparking a legal challenge to the new law that would eventually reach the nation's highest court. Health care is only the most visible and recent... Read more
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The Price of Justice
By: Laurence Leamer
Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
Length: 13 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
This nonfiction legal thriller traces the fourteen-year struggle of two lawyers to bring the most powerful coal baron in American history to justice.Don Blankenship, head of Massey Energy since the early 1990s, ran an industry that provides nearly half of America's electric power. But wealth and influence weren't enough for Blankenship and his... Read more
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The Lawyer Bubble
By: Steven J. Harper
Narrated by: Walter Dixon
Length: 7 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
A noble profession is facing its defining moment. From law schools to the prestigious firms that represent the pinnacle of a legal career, a crisis is unfolding. News headlines tell part of the story—the growing oversupply of new lawyers, widespread career dissatisfaction, and spectacular implosions of pre-eminent law firms. Yet eager hordes of... Read more
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Sandra Day O'Connor Explores SCOTUS
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Sandra Day O'Connor made Supreme Court history as the first female justice to serve on the bench. In her new book, Out of Order, she explores other aspects of history at the high court, as well as her own approach to service. O'Connor talks with Judy Woodruff about making tough decisions and women in the legal profession. Read more
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Attorneys Debate Constitutionality, Legality on Prop 8 Case
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 9 minutes
Abridged: No
As the Supreme Court considers arguments on the definition of marriage, and the legal and societal implications of same-sex marriage, Gwen Ifill moderates a debate between California Attorney General Kamala Harris and Austin Nimocks from the Alliance Defending Freedom, two attorneys who were present in the courtroom. Read more
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High Court Hears Challenge to Same-Sex Marriage Ban
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 14 minutes
Abridged: No
The Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, a ballot measure that bans same-sex marriage. Kwame Holman reports on reactions from supporters on both sides of the debate. Judy Woodruff talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal, who analyzes the arguments inside the courtroom. Read more
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Tales of Murder, Murderers and the Death Penalty at the Supreme Court
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 6 minutes
Abridged: No
A new book examines the murders, murderers and capital punishment overseen by the highest court in the U.S. Jeffrey Brown talks with veteran journalists Martin Clancy and Tim O'Brien about Murder at the Supreme Court, which documents some of the most notorious crimes and subsequent penalties. Read more
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Out of Order
By: Sandra Day O'Connor
Narrated by: Sandra Day O'Connor
Length: 7 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
“I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court. Most people know the Court only as it exists between bangs of the gavel, when the Court comes to order to hear arguments or give opinions. But the stories of the Court and the Justices that come from the ‘out of order’ moments... Read more
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Case on Police Collecting DNA from Criminals Reaches Supreme Court
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 7 minutes
Abridged: No
A man was arrested in Maryland and police officers took a DNA sample that connected him to an unrelated crime. The Supreme Court is now weighing whether the Fourth Amendment should protect him from that kind of search. Ray Suarez gets analysis and context on the case from Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal. Read more
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The Law
By: Frédéric Bastiat
Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
First published as a pamphlet in June 1850, The Law is already well over 150 years old, and it will still be read when another century has passed.America now faces the same situation France did in 1848 and the same socialist-communist plans and ideas adopted there are now sweeping America—the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe... Read more
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Shadowbosses
By: Mallory Factor
Narrated by: Mallory Factor
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
The rise of unions is having a deep impact on the workers of America, and this brutally honest exposé serves as a warning to concerned Americans for what’s to come if this continues.
SHADOWBOSSES reads like an organized crime novel, but it's actually a true story of how labor unions are infiltrating our government and corrupting our political... Read more
The Injustice System
By: Clive Stafford Smith
Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
Length: 12 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
A man accused of a murder he didn't commit languishes on death row. A crusading lawyer is determined to free him. This powerful book reads like a compelling legal thriller with one crucial difference: Justice is not served in the end.
In 1986, Kris Maharaj was arrested in Miami for the murder of his ex-business partner. A witness swore he saw him... Read more
The Law of Superheroes
By: James Daily, J.D. & Ryan Davidson, J.D.
Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Could Superman sue if someone exposed his identity as Clark Kent? Is a life sentence for an immortal like Apocalypse “cruel and unusual punishment?” Is X-ray vision a violation of search and seizure laws? Is the Joker legally insane? And who foots the bill when a hero destroys a skyscraper or two while defending Metropolis?Fear not, gentle... Read more
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Supreme Court Hears Affirmative Action Challenges
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 14 minutes
Abridged: No
The U.S. Supreme Court took up a case on whether race should be considered in college applications. Gwen Ifill talks to National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle who explains the arguments. Ray Suarez talks to NAACP's Debo Adegbile and the Century Foundation's Richard Kahlenberg about potential implications for public institutions. Read more
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The Oath
By: Jeffrey Toobin
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.
From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme... Read more
Justice Scalia
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 9 minutes
Abridged: No
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says the key factor for a judge’s ruling is finding where the balance resides in a case. Margaret Warner interviews Justice Scalia about his new book, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts, and asks about his opinions on the Second Amendment and the Affordable Care Act. Read more
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The Common Law
By: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Narrated by: Robert Morris
Length: 12 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., is considered one of the greatest justices of the United States Supreme Court and profoundly influenced American jurisprudence, especially in the areas of civil liberties and judicial restraint. At the same time, his abilities as a prose stylist earned him a position among the literary elite.In The Common Law, derived... Read more
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Flawed Criminal Forensic Evidence
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 7 minutes
Abridged: No
The Justice Department announced it will conduct a review of thousands of criminal cases where hair and fiber analysis led to convictions. Judy Woodruff discusses the review -- which comes after the Washington Post identified two men wrongfully convicted on flawed hair analysis -- with Post reporter Spencer Hsu. Read more
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Treatise on Law
By: Thomas Aquinas
Narrated by: Robin Lawson
Length: 3 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Saint Thomas Aquinas, an Italian philosopher and Dominican friar who lived during the thirteenth century, was the greatest of the medieval theologians. His writings harmonized faith and reason, which resulted in a Christian form of rationalism.This treatise comprises questions 90–97 of the Summa Theologica, in which St. Thomas presents a... Read more
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Betrayal
By: Robert Fitzpatrick & Jon Land
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
Length: 9 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
The Jack Nicholson film The Departed didn't tell half of their story. A poor kid from the slums, Robert Fitzpatrick grew up to become a stellar FBI agent and challenge the country's deadliest gangsters. Relentless in his desire to catch, prosecute, and convict Whitey Bulger, Fitzpatrick fought the nation's most determined cop-gangster battle... Read more
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Health Care Reform in the SCOTUS
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Arguments at the Supreme Court Tuesday dealt with whether Congress had the authority to require citizens to purchase health insurance and whether the government could issue a financial penalty for those who decline. Betty Ann Bowser reports then Marcia Coyle and Susan Dentzer discuss the crux of the hearings with Gwen Ifill. Read more
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Restless Souls
By: Alisa Statman & Brie Tate
Narrated by: Eliza Foss, Gabra Zackman, Therese Plummer & Ro...
Length: 14 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
The gruesome murders of the beautiful and talented actress Sharon Tate, her unborn child and four others that same night at the hands of the notorious “Manson family” rocked the nation. As one of the most horrific crimes in modern history, these atrocities, the trial and the subsequent conviction of Charles Manson and his followers caused a... Read more
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