In this week's video round up, we feature recent reports on President Obama's pending announcement of a Supreme Court nominee, as well as a discussion about the 50th anniversary of FDA's approval of the birth control pill.

 PBS' "NewsHour": On Wednesday's program, Gwen Ifill moderated a discussion with Georgetown University Law Center professor Emma Coleman Jordan, SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein, and University of California-Los Angeles School of Law professor Eugene Volokh, who publishes the conservative blog the Volokh Conspiracy. The panelists weighed whether there is a "litmus test" for nominees, and they discussed how politics factor into the confirmation process (Ifill, "Newshour," PBS, 4/21).

 MSNBC's "Countdown": Monday's program featured an interview with Newsweek's Jonathan Alter about whether Obama should select a nominee who could serve as a liberal "counterweight" to Chief Justice John Roberts. The segment also includes a clip of President Clinton's recent comment that Obama should select someone young (Olbermann, "Countdown," MSNBC, 4/19). On Wednesday's show, host Keith Olbermann spoke with Daily Kos publisher Markos Moulitsas about progressives' hopes for a nominee (Olbermann, "Countdown," MSNBC, 4/22).

 MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show": On Friday's show, George Washington University Law School Professor Jonathan Turley discussed how conservative opposition to University of California-Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu -- who is nominated for a seat on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals -- could be a precursor to debate over a Supreme Court nominee (Maddow, "The Rachel Maddow Show," MSNBC, 4/16).

 MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Time Executive Editor Nancy Gibbs discussed her current cover story, "Love, Sex, Freedom and the Paradox of the Pill: A Brief History of Birth Control."  The article is an excerpt of Gibbs' new e-book marking the 50th anniversay of FDA's approval of the birth control pill ("Morning Joe," MSNBC, 4/22).

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