Nejvyšší soudci jsou ve Spojených státech jmenování do svých funkcí na doživotí. Má se tak předejít korupci a ovlivňování. Pro bohatou firmu však není nic snazšího, než najmout atentátníka a nechat několik neúplatných soudců zavraždit. Darby studuje práva a chodí se svým učitelem. Mladá dívka během několika dnů sepíše odvážnou teorii o atentátu na dva soudce a jeho původcích. Jak se zdá, do případu jsou zapletena nejvyšší politická místa. Krátce poté, co se Darbiina verze spiknutí dostane do rukou FBI, zahyne její milenec a ona sama několikrát vyvázne ze smrtelného nebezpečí jen díky šťastné náhodě. Zoufalá dívka se spojí s vynikajícím novinářem Grayem Granthanem, pracujícím pro přední americký list. Společně se pak pouštějí do smrtelně nebezpečného pátrání.
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.
Film sleduje námluvy a manželství Mildred Jeterové (Ruth Negga), ženy afroamerického původu pocházející částečně i z kmene domorodých Američanů - Rappahannock, a bílého muže Richarda Lovinga (Joel Edgerton). V roce 1958 jsou zatčeni a posláni do vězení ve Virginii, protože jejich manželství porušuje rasové zákony. Po vyhoštění do Washingtonu žalují stát Virginii v sérii řízení vedoucí k jednomyslnému rozhodnutí Nejvyššího soudu v případu Loving vs. Virginia.
Seržant West dostal za úkol trénovat v deštném pralese speciální jednotku. Čtyři vojáci jsou brutálně zabiti. Jak k zločinům došlo a proč? Vyšetřování se ujímá důstojnice Osbornová, ale podezřelý voják chce za vyšetřovatele někoho ze „svých“. Přichází chvíle pro bývalého rangera Hardyho
Wrongfully jailed for arson, political activist Leopold Dilg escapes and takes refuge at the house of his childhood friend, Nora, unaware that she has recently rented it to a high-principled lawyer. Hilarity ensues as Nora tries to hide Leopold's identity from Professor Lightcap, while the two men enjoy spirited debates about their conflicting views of law.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.
Když dostane ženatý politik Joe Tynan (Alan Alda) nabídku vést opozici, ví, že to pro něj bude znamenat ztrátu už tak vzácného rodinného času, ale přesto nabídku přijme, protože mu to může velmi pomoct nahoru. Při přípravě se seznámí s mladou a velice atraktivní právničkou Karen Traynor (Meryl Streep) a okamžitě si spolu padnou do oka.
Skutečný příběh Trish Weirové, kterou v roce 1963 unesl a brutálně znásilnil Ernesto Miranda. Trish, která se zavázala dostat útočníka do vězení, zničí americký právní systém život, když spustí zákon, který změní celý národ.
By the end of his illustrious career, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves may well have been the preeminent lawman of the Old West. He brought upwards of 3,000 outlaws to justice and served in law enforcement for 32 years during Reconstruction after the Civil War. His story is one of an escape to freedom and the dangers of the West for a former slave who rose to become a legend of the law. Join us as we go in search of Bass Reeves.
For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.
A TV reporter investigates compromising photographs of a nominee to the Supreme Court.
A portrait of Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” whose unwanted pregnancy led to the 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide, Roe v. Wade. The documentary unravels the mysteries closely guarded by McCorvey throughout her life.
Documentary filmmaker Peter Gilbert unearths the legacy of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education — where it was ruled that "in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place" — via never-before-heard stories from people directly responsible for, and greatly affected by, the original case.
This documentary film tells the dramatic story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple living in Virginia in the 1950s, and their landmark Supreme Court Case, Loving v. Virginia, that changed history.
A newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice must settle a controversial moral and legal dilemma with his tie-breaking decision which may also have serious implications on his own family's harmony.
Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows families of those affected by the 2013 legislation stripping citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent, uncovering the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris.
"Renee" tells the story of Renee Richards' battle to enter the 1977 U.S. Open as the first transgender tennis player. Simultaneously, it follows her today as she struggles to cope with a life of contradictions and personal conflict. Through interviews with tennis legends, family, friends and experts from the transgender field, a story of perseverance, breakthrough and hardship unfolds.
Brazil, 2030. The sisters Alayr and Sabrina are hearing on the cell radio the judgment that could change the course of a country "without energy". They are surprised by Fátima, the sister who returns from the dead to fraternize on this historic night.
The pro-life movement has been around as long as Roe V Wade, who are they, what do they do? Are they effective? This documentary goes into the deep underpinnings of major national lobbyist groups to find out why after 46 years Babies Are Still Murdered Here?