Nina Totenberg
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Law & Courts
Justice Barrett Joins Supreme Court Arguments For The First Time
The newest justice did not participate in the court's work last week, and, consequently, did not vote in two significant cases decided by the court in opinions released Monday.
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Law & Courts
A Newly Sworn In Justice Barrett Faces A Motion To Recuse Herself In Election Case
A Pennsylvania county is asking the new justice to disqualify herself because her nomination and confirmation is not only "unprecedented" but linked, by Trump, to his own re-election.
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Law & Courts
Democrats Plan To Boycott Senate Committee Vote On Barrett Nomination
Democrats see Mitch McConnell's rush to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as unprecedented and "outrageous," but they have little power to stop it in a GOP-controlled Senate.
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Politics
What Is Amy Coney Barrett's Stance On Issues That Often Arise Before Supreme Court?
Judge Amy Coney Barrett fielded questions from senators on Tuesday on the second day of her confirmation hearings for the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Politics
Many Firsts At Confirmation Hearings For Judge Amy Coney Barrett
The hearings, which start at 9 a.m. ET on Monday, begin against the backdrop of early voting that has begun in many states and just 22 days before Election Day.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court Refuses To Block Lower Court Order On Abortion Pills
At issue were FDA regulations that required women seeking medication abortion to pick up the prescribed pills in person at a clinic instead of by mail.
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Politics
Supreme Court Opens A New Term Amid A Push For Amy Coney Barrett's Confirmation
The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, looms over the Supreme Court as it began a new term Monday.
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Politics
The Election And A Fresh Obamacare Challenge Loom Over New Supreme Court Term
The new term, which begins Monday, will see eight justices, not the usual nine. And because of COVID-19, once again the justices will gather by telephone hookup to hear the arguments.
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Politics
What Barrett Would Recuse Herself From: Takeaways From Senate Questionnaire
President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court was contacted about the job a day after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to paperwork required for the confirmation process.
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Politics
Trump May Announce Amy Coney Barrett As His Nominee To Supreme Court, Source Tells
A source told NPR Republicans are expecting President Trump to announce he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.