Equal Justice Under the Law
Weekdays, September 2-9, at 7:30 p.m. on 2
Ed Holmes stars in this six-part series as Chief Justice John Marshall, who led the U.S. Supreme Court in America’s infancy. Marshall’s outspoken views in favor of a strong national government and a Supreme Court equal to Congress and the President made him a stubborn opponent of Thomas Jefferson, but his decisions laid the foundation for United States government today.
The World of Ideas With Bill Moyers
Weekdays at 7:30 p.m. on 2 Weekdays at 10 p.m. on 13
As the 1988 presidential election reaches its final months, Bill Moyers looks at the choices facing America. The nightly programs include viewpoints from men and women from all spectrums of American society who are thinking about questions of values, power, ethics, and beliefs. Among the guests are Suzanne Massie, Sovietologist; Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer; James MacGregor Burns, historian; Sissela Bok, philospher and author; Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist and Robert Redford, actor and filmmaker.
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