Nina Totenberg
Stories
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Politics
Supreme Court Rules Catholic Group Doesn't Have To Consider LGBTQ Foster Parents
The decision marks a triumph for a new brand of conservatism on the court, which is putting the Constitution's guarantee to the free exercise of religion at the highest level of protection.
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Politics
Obamacare Wins For The 3rd Time At The Supreme Court
The decision threw out the challenge to the law, on grounds that Texas and other objecting GOP-dominated states were not required to pay anything under the mandate provision. The vote was 7 to 2.
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Law & Courts
Race, Drugs And Sentencing At the Supreme Court
The court ruled that some crack cocaine offenders sentenced to harsh prison terms more than a decade ago cannot get their sentences reduced under a federal law designed to do just that.
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Politics
Supreme Court Turns Away Challenge To The Rule That Only Men Register For The Draft
The justices noted that Congress is actively considering the question of including women in selective service registration and that women have been able to serve in combat roles for years.
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Law & Courts
Officer Who Sold Police Computer Data Gets A Pass From The Supreme Court
The court reversed the conviction of the sergeant who used his police car computer to access and then sell a license plate number in exchange for $5,000.
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Law & Courts
Inmate, Who Sought Execution By Firing Squad, Loses Supreme Court Appeal
The death row inmate, who had brain surgery, claims that death by lethal injection would cause severe and painful seizures. The court refused to hear his plea, over dissent from the liberal justices.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court Restricts Police Authority To Enter A Home Without A Warrant
At the center of the case was a man whose guns were confiscated from his home. Justice Clarence Thomas noted the recognition that officers perform many civic tasks but they're not open-ended.
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Politics
Supreme Court To Review Mississippi Abortion Law
The state law bans most abortions after 15 weeks. The lower courts blocked its enforcement, finding it in conflict with Roe v. Wade and subsequent abortion decisions.
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Law & Courts
'Frightened to Death': Cheerleader Speech Case Gives Supreme Court Pause
At issue was whether schools may punish students for speech that occurs online and off campus but may affect school order. The case is the biggest test of student speech rights since 1969.
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National
Snapchat Post Takes Teen Off Cheerleading Squad — And To The Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a First Amendment case that involved a teenager suspended from her cheerleading squad for using profanities on Snapchat.