Posts tagged law

• 28 Dec

  Episode: Ground Hounds

  Ground Hounds: "Personhood" in Colorado

  This fall, Colorado and Georgia could vote on a law change that would legally define "personhood" as beginning at the moment of fertilization. Depending upon who you talk to, the change could mean nothing... or lead to overturning Roe v. Wade. You'll see what we mean when you hear from those organ

• 05 Nov

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: The Devil You Know

  Sunday Show Roundup: The Devil You KnowOver the weekend President Pervez Musharraf declared a State of Emergency in Pakistan, instituting martial law, suspending the constitution, and firing the chief justice of the supreme court. Police have also begun rounding up scores of lawyers, judges, and act

• 15 Aug

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Don Young's Plot Against the Constitution

  Don Young's Plot Against the ConstitutionThere's been a system in place for some 200 odd years now of how a bill passes through congress to become a law. It's a standard enough process that Schoolhouse Rock was able to sum it all up in a 3 minute cartoon in 1975. But no matter for Rep. Don Young (R-