by Beverly Banks | Oct 31, 2018 | Featured, Politics
ARLINGTON, Va. — Beverly Banks spoke with WJLA 24/7 anchor Dave Lucas about her midterm reporting trip in West Virginia and Tennessee. While traveling across the Appalachian region, the Medill news team covered House and Senate races. Beverly interviewed Senator...
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by Brock Hall | Oct 30, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Twenty years after his death, the remains of Matthew Shepard, the 21-year-old man killed in an anti-gay hate crime in Laramie, Wyoming, were laid to rest in the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. Brock Hall spoke to those who attended. Published...
by Jessica A. Floyd | Oct 30, 2018 | Featured, Politics
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by Kietryn Zychal | Oct 30, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court estimates that 94 percent of state prosecutions and 97 percent of federal prosecutions end in plea bargains. The accused getting his or her day in court is the rare exception. This overwhelming reliance on plea bargains has led to...
by Brock Hall | Oct 25, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – A Vanderbilt Law School professor said on Wednesday that liberals were wrong to rely on the Supreme Court for progressive decisions, insisting the court was an inherently conservative institution. Ganesh Sitaraman, Vanderbilt Law School professor, said...
by Jessica A. Floyd | Oct 24, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Even though the Senate is on recess, the Senate Judiciary Committee continued confirmation hearings for federal judge nominees for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal Claims Court and the U.S. District Court in Oregon. Republican Sens. Orin...
