Nina Totenberg appears in the following:
High Court Extends Whistleblower Protections
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
The Supreme Court has ruled that a federal whistleblower law protects not just the employees of a public company, but also company contractors, like lawyers, accountants, and investment funds.
With Death Penalty, How Should States Define Mental Disability?
Monday, March 03, 2014
In 2002, the Supreme Court banned the execution of the "mentally retarded." Monday the court is looking at the case of a convicted man who says Florida's definition of mental disability is too strict.
Supreme Court Allows Stanford Ponzi Scheme Suits To Go Forward
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
The high court agreed with investors who lost billions in a massive fraud perpetrated by tycoon Allen Stanford. By a 7-to-2 vote, the justices allowed their state class action suits to go forward.
Supreme Court Opens Door To Easier Police Searches
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The justices ruled 6-3 that police can enter and search a home without a warrant, so long as just one of the residents consents, giving law enforcement more room to conduct warrantless searches.
Justice Scalia And Jon Stewart Concur Chicago Pizza Isn't Pizza
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
This weekend, the conservative justice weighed in from Chicago on a national pizza controversy. For months, Stewart and Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel have been dueling over whether Chicago's deep-dish style constitutes pizza.
Supreme Court To Decide If Warrant Needed To Search Cellphone
Friday, January 17, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court is delving into the technology-versus-privacy debate, agreeing to hear two cases that test whether police making an arrest may search cellphones without a warrant. A decision is expected this year.
Military Protester Finds Skeptical Audience At Supreme Court
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
The First Amendment loomed large at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, as the justices considered a case testing the rights of protesters in public areas that are part of large military installations. But the justices seemed more comfortable focusing on property easement issues than big constitutional questions.
A Supreme Court Fight For The Rights Of (Frequent) Fliers
Tuesday, December 03, 2013
What rights do participants in an airline's frequent-flier plan have to their miles or points? That's the question before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, when the justices examine whether, and under what circumstances, frequent fliers can sue in these disputes.
Supreme Court Takes Challenge To Obamacare Contraceptive Rule
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
President Obama's Affordable Care Act will be back before the Supreme Court this spring. This time, the issue is whether for-profit corporations citing religious objections may refuse to provide contraceptive services in health insurance plans offered to employees.
Federal Bench Could See New Faces After Senate Rules Change
Thursday, November 21, 2013
The Senate voted Thursday to change its rules to make it easier to approve judicial and executive branch nominees by curbing filibusters. This so-called nuclear option represents a radical shift in Senate procedure. Democrats had threatened to use after Senate Republicans upheld the confirmation of three judges to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the action could have a huge impact on the federal bench.
Supreme Court Examines Anew Prayer At Government Functions
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court delved into a subject Wednesday that has bedeviled it for decades: how to reconcile a tradition of public prayers with the Constitution's ban on establishment of religion. At issue were almost exclusively Christian prayers that took place at town board meetings in Greece, N.Y.
Supreme Court Case Puts Public Prayer Back In The Spotlight
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a major case testing the use of prayer at government meetings. The case could produce some guidelines for the future after often conflicting rulings in the lower courts.
Love Triangle Case Puts Chemical Weapons Treaty To The Test
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
The power of the president and Congress to make treaties and enforce state compliance has been called into question in a case involving a woman who may have violated the chemical weapons treaty in an effort to poison her husband's mistress. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Tuesday.
A Toxic Love Triangle Heads To The Supreme Court
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
After her husband cheated, Carol Anne Bond started spreading toxic chemicals on surfaces the other woman might touch. She was caught and convicted of violating the Chemical Weapons Convention. But does a law implementing an international treaty apply when the victim's only injury was a thumb burn?
Nina Totenberg on the New SCOTUS Term
Monday, October 28, 2013
A new Supreme Court term began earlier this month. This docket for this session includes a case on limits on campaign donations, affirmative action, and two cases related to abortion. Nina Totenberg, NPR legal affairs correspondent, talks about the cases she's following from the highest court in the country.
Government Changes Policy On Warrantless Wiretap Defendants
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
The Obama administration has discovered that it unintentionally misled the Supreme Court last year. It told the justices that it always informs terrorism defendants when evidence against them was acquired with a warrantless wiretap. Now the Justice Department is making sure its policy does match what it told the high court.
Citing Supreme Court, Judge Awards Benefits To Same-Sex Widow
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
It's the latest in a series of court rulings equalizing benefits for legally married same-sex couples in the aftermath of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a key part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
S.C. Court Orders 'Baby Veronica' Adoption Finalized
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
The emotional legal case over custody of a young girl, which went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, appears to have come to an end. South Carolina's highest court on Wednesday ordered the adoption of 3-year-old "Baby Veronica" finalized. She will live with a white couple, not her Native American father.
Scalia V. Ginsburg: Supreme Court Sparring, Put To Music
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg have been friends for decades, but they're known for their differences when it comes to constitutional interpretation. In those dramatic clashes, recent law school graduate Derrick Wang heard an opera.
A 'Mea Culpa'
Monday, July 08, 2013
Nina Totenberg discusses an error she made in a recent story about the Supreme Court term.
