Nina Totenberg
Stories
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Law & Courts
The Supreme Court is the most conservative in 90 years
In an astounding 62% of the decisions, conservatives prevailed, and more importantly, often prevailed in dramatic ways, according to new data.
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Politics
Supreme Court to take on controversial election-law case
At issue is a legal theory that would give state legislatures unfettered authority to set the rules for federal elections, free of supervision by the state courts and state constitutions.
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Politics
Supreme Court restricts the EPA's authority to mandate carbon emissions
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emissions from existing power plants.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court backs a high school coach's right to pray on the 50-yard line
The 6-to-3 decision is the latest example of the court's conservative supermajority requiring more accommodation for religion in public schools and less separation between church and state.
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Health
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, reversing Roe v. Wade, the court's five-decade-old decision that guaranteed a woman's right to obtain an abortion.
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Politics
Supreme Court rules Maine's tuition assistance program must cover religious schools
The 6-3 opinion, which was along ideological lines, invalidates provisions in 37 state constitutions that ban the direct or indirect use of taxpayer money in religious schools.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court blocks Texas social media law from taking effect
In a 5-to-4 vote, the court granted a request from Big Tech industry trade groups, which argued the law would unleash a flood of racist, hateful and other extremist content on social media platforms.
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Supreme Court hobbles challenges by inmates based on poor legal representation
Writing for the 6-3 conservative majority, Justice Clarence Thomas said federal courts may not hear post-conviction evidence to show how deficient the trial or appellate lawyer in state court was.
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National
Supreme Court rules in ineffective counsel case
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal court can't consider new evidence to support arguments in ineffective counsel cases. The evidence must be introduced at the state level.
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Politics
Supreme Court sides with Sen. Ted Cruz in campaign finance case
At issue was a federal law that has been on the books for 20 years that barred federal candidates from raising more than $250,000 to repay loans made to their campaigns.