ABC correspondent Jake Tapper during a prime time news conference in the East Room of the White House on July 22, 2009

Putting Up a Fight

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 16, 2010

The ACLU of NJ is petitioning the federal government to investigate the Newark Police Department.  The group’s executive director, Deborah Jacobs, explains why. Plus: a discussion about some disappointed young Obama supporters and their fight to stay engaged in politics; ABC’s Jake Tapper on what the House Democrats are thinking about the Bush tax cuts; Laura Kipnis on American scandals; and another installment in our series on higher education.

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