Ginsburg Passing The Liberal Torch: Takeaways From A Big Supreme Court Term The new swing vote on the court is the conservative chief justice; Trump's appointees are going different directions; and Justice Ginsburg appears to be handing off the liberal torch to Justice Kagan. Nina Totenberg
How The Fight Over The Census Citizenship Question Could Rage On President Trump threatened to delay next year's constitutionally mandated head count hours after the Supreme Court ruled to keep a citizenship question off 2020 census forms for now. Hansi Lo Wang
Supreme Court Takes Up DACA Appeal The high court agrees to review the Trump administration's elimination of a program designed to help children brought to the country illegally. Domenico Montanaro
Supreme Court Leaves Citizenship Question Blocked For Now From 2020 Census The decision comes more than a year after the Trump administration announced plans to include on forms for the national head count the question, "Is this person a citizen of the United States?" Hansi Lo Wang
Supreme Court Hands Total Wine, Other Out-Of-State Liquor Retailers A Big Win The court struck down a Tennessee alcohol licensing residency requirement, opening up the pathway for big-box stores to enter the market. Domenico Montanaro
Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban On Trademarking 'Immoral,' 'Scandalous' Words, Symbols The decision paves the way for a clothing line, FUCT, to get its trademark. But the justices were split on how far is too far and which words they would find to be the most vulgar and profane. Domenico Montanaro
Supreme Court Strikes Down Conviction Of Mississippi Man On Death Row For 22 Years Curtis Flowers was tried six times for the same crime, and the court said it made its decision due to bias in jury selection. Now it's up to Mississippi whether to try him again or not. Nina Totenberg
Supreme Court Justices Split Along Unexpected Lines In 3 Cases The court decided four cases Monday, and three defied the usual ideological fissures. Nina Totenberg
Supreme Court Hands Democrats A Win On Racial Gerrymandering In Virginia Eleven legislative districts in Virginia were declared to be sorted by race and were redrawn. The court's decision Monday left that in place. Domenico Montanaro
Citizenship Question Lawsuit Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court To Delay Ruling In a last-minute request, plaintiffs' attorneys led by the ACLU are asking the justices to wait to rule on the census question in light of documents that show an alleged Trump administration cover-up. Hansi Lo Wang
