The Supreme Court to Revisit the 2nd Amendment; General Wesley Clark; Oliver Sacks on Music and the Brain
The Supreme Court to Revisit the 2nd Amendment
The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide whether the District of Columbia can ban handguns, a case that could produce the most in-depth examination of the Second Amendment in nearly 70 years. The main issue before the justices is whether the Second Amendment of the Constitution protects an individual's right to own guns, or instead merely sets forth the collective right of states to maintain militias. The former interpretation would permit fewer restrictions on gun ownership. Larry Mantle talks with UCLA School of Law Professor Eugene Volokh, Duke University School of Law Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, and Denis Henigan of the Brady Center to Protect Gun Violence.
General Wesley Clark
Larry talks with retired four Star Army General, Senior Fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and former Presidential candidate, Wesley Clark about the current situation in Iraq as well as his new autobiography, A Time to Lead.
Oliver Sacks on Music and the Brain
Larry Mantle talks with neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks about his new book, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Knopf). Sacks' book chronicles the powerful affect of music on individual patients and their conditions.