Nina Totenberg
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Politics
The Supreme Court Deals A New Blow To Voting Rights, Upholding Arizona Restrictions
The justices, in a 6-3 opinion, narrowed the only major section of the landmark Voting Rights Act that remains in effect.
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Law & Courts
The Supreme Court Leaves The CDC's Moratorium On Evictions In Place
By a 5-to-4 vote, the court left in place the nationwide moratorium on evictions put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The moratorium is set to expire on July 31.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court Revives An Excessive Force Case; Thomas Rails Against Marijuana Laws
The case involved the death of a prisoner held for 15 minutes in a face-down prone position. Separately, the court declined to take up a case brought by a marijuana dispensary.
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Politics
The Supreme Court Leaves A Transgender Student's Legal Victory Intact
The court left in place a lower court decision declaring that local school boards may not require transgender high school students to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex listed at birth.
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Law & Courts
The Supreme Court Limits Lawsuits By Those Wrongly Flagged As Terrorists
In a 5-4 ruling, the justices sided with the TransUnion credit reporting company, ruling that thousands of consumers whose names were improperly flagged cannot sue the company for damages.
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National
In A Narrow Ruling, Supreme Court Hands Farmworkers Union A Loss
At issue in the case was a California law that allows union organizers to enter farms to speak to workers during nonworking hours for a set a number of days each year.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court Grants A Reprieve To Agency That Runs Fannie, Freddie
But the court agreed that the FHFA has a design flaw that violates the Constitution: The president must be able to remove the agency's director without cause.
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Politics
Supreme Court Rules Cheerleader's F-Bombs Are Protected By The First Amendment
The case involved a teenage cheerleader who dropped F-bombs on Snapchat. At issue was whether schools may punish students for speech that occurs online and off-campus but that may affect school order.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court Restricts Police Powers To Enter A Home Without A Warrant
The court has long held that police may do this when pursuing a fleeing felon. The question in this case was whether they can do the same thing when pursuing someone suspected of a minor offense.
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Politics
The Supreme Court Sides With NCAA Athletes In A Narrow Ruling
The court ruled that NCAA rules are not reasonably necessary to distinguish between college and professional sports. Still, the ruling could be potentially transformative.