Nina Totenberg
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Politics
Judge Says He Faced No Political Pressure From McConnell To Retire
Judge Thomas Griffith denied allegations that he faced political pressure to retire to allow Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to fill his seat with a long-time ally, Justin Walker.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court Arguments A Tech Success, But Format Strangles Usual Give-And-Take
Justice Clarence Thomas, who often goes years without asking a question, asked several. But for others, the format froze follow up.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court To Government: Pay Obamacare Insurers
Under the law, the money was promised to companies as part of the start-up costs of Obamacare. But a GOP-led Congress reneged on the promise.
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National
Supreme Court Guarantees Right To Unanimous Verdict In Serious Criminal Trials
The justices struck down laws in two states that allowed convictions for serious crimes without unanimous jury verdicts.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court Decides Unanimous Verdicts Are Required To Convict For Serious Crimes
The Supreme Court said unanimous jury verdicts are required in criminal trials for serious offenses. At issue is a case from Louisiana in which the defendant was convicted of murder on a 10-2 vote.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court To Hear Arguments By Telephone, Including On Trump's Financial Records
They are among a series of oral arguments the court said Monday it would hear by telephone conference in the first half of May.
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National
Legal Fight Heats Up In Texas Over Ban On Abortions Amid Coronavirus
The state banned all elective medical procedures, including abortions, amid the outbreak. Abortion-rights activists say Texas is "exploiting this crisis to ... ban abortion in the U.S."
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court Rules On Insanity Defense, Weighs In On Video Piracy Suit
The Supreme Court declared that states can bar criminal defendants from using the so-called insanity defense. It also refused to revive a filmmaker's video piracy lawsuit against North Carolina.
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National
Supreme Court Allows States To Virtually Eliminate The Insanity Defense
By a 6-to-3 vote, the court essentially allows consideration of mental status only at sentencing. Dissenters accuse the majority of abandoning centuries of Anglo-American law.
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Politics
Supreme Court Weighs Abortion Case; Schumer Remarks Draw Rebuke From Roberts
Lawyers for the Center for Reproductive Rights and Louisiana faced a hot bench Wednesday in a case critical to abortion rights in the U.S. But the Chief Justice - a key vote - did not tip his hand.