検察官を目指し法科に通うダービーは、世間を騒がす最高裁連続殺人に関する自分なりの説をまとめ文書を作った。それがいつの間に国家の上層部の黒幕の目に触れ、“ペリカン文書”と名付けられ、彼女は命を狙われる。恋人でもあった恩師は殺された。孤立無援の彼女を助ける者は新聞記者のD・ワシントンの他にいない……。ジョン・グリシャムのベストセラーをジュリア・ロバーツ主演で映画化したサスペンス・スリラー。
貧しいユダヤ人家庭に生まれたルース・ギンズバーグは、「すべてに疑問を持て」という亡き母の言葉を胸に努力を重ね、名門ハーバード法科大学院に入学する。1956年当時、500人の生徒のうち女性は9人で、女子トイレすらなかった。家事も育児も分担する夫のマーティの協力のもと首席で卒業するが、女だからというだけで雇ってくれる法律事務所はなかった。やむなく大学教授になったルースは、70年代になってさらに男女平等の講義に力を入れる。それでも弁護士の夢を捨てられないルースに、マーティがある訴訟の記録を見せる。ルースはその訴訟が、歴史を変える裁判になることを信じ、自ら弁護を買って出るのだが──。
1958年、バージニア州。白人男性のれんが職人、リチャード・ラビングは、子どものころから親しいアフリカ系女性ミルドレッドから妊娠したと告げられ、彼女に結婚を申し込む。だが当時の同州では異人種同士の結婚は禁じられ、2人は仕方なく首都ワシントンに行って結婚し、地元に戻って新居を構えることに。だが、そこにブルックス保安官がやって来て2人を逮捕し、2人に離婚するか、州外に引っ越すかという選択を迫る。
ある夜、訓練中のレンジャー隊7名が嵐の密林地帯で消息を絶ち、17時間後3名の生存者が発見されるが味方同士で撃ち合っていて1名が捜索隊の目の前で殺される。結局、重傷者を含む2名が救助され、いまなお隊長のウエストを含む4名が行方不明のままだった。ジュリー・オズボーン大尉が調査開始するが、救助された兵士は彼女の尋問に黙秘を続けた。オズボーンの上官スタイルズ大佐は、かつてウエストに訓練を受けていた元レンジャー隊員で尋問術に長けた麻薬捜査官トム・ハーディを呼び寄せる。
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.
アメリカ女性最高裁判事、ルース・ベイダー・ギンズバーグを巡るドキュメンタリー。“アメリカでもっとも尊敬される85歳”と呼ばれる彼女の人生とキャリアに、二人の女性監督コンビが迫っていく。クリントン、オバマと元大統領も出演。
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises his life.
The true story of Trish Weir who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda. Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed by America’s legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation.
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?