Nina Totenberg
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court rules against disclosure in torture case
The decision involving Abu Zubaydah, a terrorism detainee at Guantanamo Bay, likely will make it harder for victims to expose secret government misconduct in the future.
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National
New Supreme Court ruling could make it harder to expose secret government misconduct
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government can shield former government contractors from testifying about the torture of a post-9/11 detainee.
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Law & Courts
Reactions to Biden's historic Supreme Court justice pick
President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday. She next faces the U.S. Senate in a confirmation process.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court to reconsider religious objectors' refusal to serve same-sex couples
In 2017, the court heard a very similar challenge to Colorado's anti-discrimination law from a baker who objected to creating cakes for same-sex weddings.
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Law & Courts
Judge Michelle Childs, whose early life was shaped by gun violence, is on SCOTUS list
Her meteoric rise in the last year has been due in part to her biggest supporter, South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, the third ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Politics
Supreme Court lets Alabama use GOP-backed map of the state's congressional districts
The court's action came on an emergency appeal from Alabama, which challenged a decision by a three-judge federal court panel that included two Trump appointees.
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Politics
Justice Breyer announced his retirement, and Biden spoke about who he'll nominate
Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement Thursday. President Biden says he hasn't decided who will fill the vacancy, but says he will keep his promise to name a Black woman to the bench.
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Politics
Justice Stephen Breyer, an influential liberal on the Supreme Court, to retire
Behind the scenes, Breyer, 83, pushed and prodded his fellow justices for consensus. His decision gives President Biden his first opportunity to name a new justice to the court.
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Politics
Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list
With the court already having heard arguments this term on abortion and guns, this case marks yet another politically charged issue that threatens to uproot decades of legal doctrine.
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Politics
Supreme Court hears arguments on campaign finance law, issues statement on NPR report
Three Supreme Court justices issued statements Wednesday addressing an NPR story about relations among the justices.