UPDATE: Did Sarah Palin flub another question from Katie Couric?

The political press corps may be frustrated about their lack of access to Gov. Sarah Palin, but one news outlet can’t complain. It’s been a virtual Palinpolooza on “CBS Evening News” for the last week as anchor Katie Couric has made the most of her two sit-downs with the Republican vice presidential candidate.

Excerpts from Palin’s sometimes halting answers to Couric’s questions have been meted out on the broadcasts since last Wednesday. The clips have been picked up widely by the rest of the media, providing fodder for a new round of stories questioning her readiness and inspiring a "Saturday Night Live" sketch.

And it appears there may be one more controversial portion of Palin’s interview yet to air. Politico reported Monday  that the Alaska governor was apparently stumped when Couric asked her to name a major Supreme Court decision other than Roe v. Wade.

A CBS News spokeswoman would not comment on the exchange. But during Tuesday's broadcast, Couric hinted that she queried both Palin and her Democratic counterpart about the topic for a series called “Vice Presidential Questions,” scheduled to air on the evening news tonight and Thursday.

“I ask Sarah Palin and Joe Biden everything from their views on a key Supreme Court decision to the separation of church and state,” the anchor said.

In a news release issued this morning, the network elaborated on the two questions posed to both vice presidential candidates that will air in a segment tonight. They were:

Why do you think Roe v. Wade is a good or bad decision? What other Supreme Court decisions do you disagree with?

Thomas Jefferson wrote about the First Amendment "building a wall of separation between church and state." Why do you think that is so important?

Will this be another "gotcha" moment for Palin? We'll have to wait to find out until this evening, when the segment airs on "CBS Evening News." (A hint that CBS may be sitting on something juicy: unlike  other installments in its "Presidential Questions" series, the network is not releasing a transcript of the candidates' answers before the broadcast.)

For her part, Palin said she thinks it’s fair for the press to scrutinize her credentials and background.

“It would be sexist if the media were to hold back and not ask me about my experience, my vision, my principles, my values,” the GOP vice presidential candidate told Couric in yet another interview excerpt that aired on CBS’ “The Early Show” this morning.

UPDATE: Here's the transcript from tonight's "CBS Evening News":

COURIC: What other Supreme Court decisions do you disagree with?

PALIN: Well, let's see. There's --of course --in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings, that's never going to be absolute consensus by every American. And there are--those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So you know--going through the history of America, there would be others but--

COURIC: Can you think of any?

PALIN: Well, I could think of--of any again, that could be best dealt with on a more local level. Maybe I would take issue with. But you know, as mayor, and then as governor and even as a vice president, if I'm so privileged to serve, wouldn't be in a position of changing those things but in supporting the law of the land as it reads today.

-- Matea Gold

(Photo: AFP / Getty Images)

(Updated at 3:45 p.m. PDT)

Comments

[Mallissa cole]

Sarah Palin does not have any experince to run for Vice President. She can just stay being a hockey mom. She's better of running for Hockey Mom of the year. She would recieve my vote for that nomination. Fo back to the ice and stay cool, Sarah Paliln. This race is too hot for you!

[Liz]

Palin almost makes one long for Dan Quayle. Maybe Katie should ask Sarah how to spell tomato.

[JoeJ]

This is the kind of nonsense the Republicans have been guilty of for years. Hiring incompetents for favors. Cronyism at its worst. She might as well sleep with GW because they both cant answer simple questions. I know lots of regular folk who could have answered that question a dozen times over.

[Jim]

Ummm, Just exactly how did Joe Biden answer these same questions? I don't see those in this article. We all know how Joe can screw things up!

[Ronda]

You would think she would show some improvement after the first interview, but she continues to get worst! I was convinced before the Couric interviews, that Palin is not qualified for VP! Not saying that she will never be but for right now she is in way over her head!
One more thing, the "Bush Doctrine" question by Gibson! It wasn't unfair for him to ask the question but it was unfair for her to sit there with this condescending attitude and act like she knew what it was by saying "In what respect, Charlie"! I would have had more respect for her, had she just said"I'm not familar with the Bush Doctrine"! So whatelse is she pretending to know???

[Dawn Nakagawa]

Palin's obvious lack of experience in foreign policy is only made worse by her lack of knowledge of the issues. Her inability to name a single foriegn policy publication clearly indicates that she does not and has not read them. How about US News and World Report? Foreign Affairs? The Economist? She could even have mentioned the Wall Street Journal or New York Ti mes. WHat does she read? Does she read at all??

[DELANY]

YIKES. ITS ALMOST LIKE MYSELF TRYING TO RUN FOR V.P. - SHE DOESN'T KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT ANYTHING.

[Scott]

Stupid question. I have been a lawyer for 15 years and couldn't cite the name of a Supreme Court case off the the top of my head other than Roe v. Wade or Brown v. Board of Education. The names aren't as important as what the decisions stand for. If you are a woman you are either an ugly lesbian Bitch (Hillary) or a dumb mom (Sarah). It wasn't fair what the media did to Hillary and its not fair what they are doing to Sarah. When Biden didn't know the answer to a question he just made up an answer. Biden not only named the wrong president during the 1929 stock market crash, he also claimed a president who wasn't president during the stock market crash went on TV before Americans had TVs. What's worse is he tries to speak so authoritively as if he is conveying a personal story he remebers from personal experience listening to the speech. Kind of like what Biden did when he plagiarized British Labor Leader Neil Kinnock's speech during the 1988 presidential campaign by altering Kinnock's speech to act as if he were describing the Biden family. Maybe Palin would have received fairer treatment if she acted like Biden and just made up a Supreme Court case and a story rather than tell the truth. Probably not though because she is a woman.

[Joe the plummer]

i hate palin

[Robert L.]

I am alert to current affairs and history and couldn't answer off the top of my head either, but note the question is what decisions do you DISAGREE with. Dred Scott comes to mind.