Nina Totenberg

NPR legal correspondent

Nina Totenberg appears in the following:

Chief Justice Roberts declines to testify before Senate panel

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to examine proposals to hold Supreme Court justices to the same ethical standards as the rest of the federal judiciary.

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Supreme Court blocks lower court decision in case on FDA approval of abortion pill

Friday, April 21, 2023

The Supreme Court has left the case in the hands of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has scheduled oral arguments in the case for May 17.

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Fate of abortion pills remains in doubt as Supreme Court ponders lower court verdicts

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

The Supreme Court is considering whether to block lower court decisions that have have reached a variety of verdicts about the drug mifepristone.

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The Supreme Court ponders when a threat is really a 'true threat'

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

The court hears arguments Wednesday in a case that looks at whether the prosecution has to show that the defendant frightened his target intentionally.

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Supreme Court conservatives seem divided in major religion case

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

The justices heard arguments Tuesday in a case about how far employers must go to accommodate the religious views of their employees.

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Who bears the burden, and how much, when religious employees refuse Sabbath work?

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

The Supreme Court hears arguments in an important case that pits religious employees against others who have to pick up the slack on Sundays.

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Supreme Court looks at whether Medicare and Medicaid were overbilled under fraud law

Monday, April 17, 2023

Arguments on Tuesday center on a powerful tool for fighting fraud in government contracts and programs. The case examines whether major pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicare and Medicaid.

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Supreme Court issues a temporary stay in the Texas mifepristone case

Friday, April 14, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an administrative stay in a Texas case involving limited access to the abortion drug mifepristone.

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Supreme Court leaves student loan settlement in place

Thursday, April 13, 2023

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to block a settlement in a long-running suit involving the adjudication of applications for the cancellation of student loan debts at 151 for-profit colleges.

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What the revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas mean for the Supreme Court

Saturday, April 08, 2023

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas responded to reporting from ProPublica that details how he did not disclose private, expensive vacations paid for by a conservative billionaire.

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Clarence Thomas says he was told he needn't disclose trips paid for by GOP donor

Friday, April 07, 2023

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has responded to a news report about his failure to disclose lavish trips paid for by a conservative billionaire — trips with a value in the millions of dollars.

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Justice Thomas explains why he didn't report trips paid for by billionaire

Friday, April 07, 2023

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas responded to a news report about his failure to disclose trips paid for by a conservative billionaire friend, saying he had been advised they were not reportable.

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Supreme Court won't enforce West Virginia law banning trans athletes from girls' teams

Thursday, April 06, 2023

The state's law was challenged by a 12-year-old transgender girl named Becky Pepper-Jackson, who has lived as a girl since fourth grade, according to court papers.

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Immigration fraud case brings tough First Amendment questions to the Supreme Court

Monday, March 27, 2023

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case about whether a federal law that prohibits inducing unlawful immigration violates the First Amendment.

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Jack Daniel's v. poop-themed dog toy in a trademark case at the Supreme Court

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

At Wednesday's argument, the justices struggled to reconcile their own previous decisions enforcing the nation's trademark laws and what some of them saw as a potential threat to free speech.

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Jack Daniel's tells Supreme Court its brand is harmed by dog toy Bad Spaniels

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

The whiskey maker argues that the toy named Bad Spaniel infringes on its trademark, confuses consumers and tarnishes its reputation.

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Supreme Court hands victory to public school students with disabilities

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

The high court said a deaf student could sue for past damages for not getting the support he needed to succeed in public school.

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Outside groups take a first stab at a Supreme Court ethics code

Thursday, March 09, 2023

The effort by the Project on Government Oversight and the Lawyers Defending American Democracy follows criticism aimed at the court for perceived ethical lapses and failures to deal with them.

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Conservative and liberals split at Supreme Court over Biden student loan plan

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

A majority of the court's conservatives indicating great skepticism over the president's loan-forgiveness plan.

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Six states challenge Biden's student loan forgiveness plan at the Supreme Court

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

At the Supreme Court, some Republican-dominated states seemed on the verge of invalidating Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. A majority of the court's conservatives looked skeptical of the plan.

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