Nina Totenberg

NPR legal correspondent

Nina Totenberg appears in the following:

High Court upholds excluding Puerto Ricans from aid for disabled and blind

Thursday, April 21, 2022

The 8-to-1 decision rested on prior decisions, but Justice Gorsuch, in a furious concurrence, called for reversing those precedents, which he said were based on "racial stereotypes."

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Supreme Court allows exclusion of Puerto Rican residents from disability benefits

Thursday, April 21, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Congress can exclude residents of Puerto Rico from a federal program that aids low-income elderly and disabled people.

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The Senate is expected to confirm Judge Jackson to the Supreme Court

Thursday, April 07, 2022

Senators will vote Thursday on whether to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the high court. Her fate was never in doubt, but was cemented when three GOP senators said they would vote for her.

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Supreme Court makes it easier to sue the police for malicious prosecution

Monday, April 04, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made it easier to sue police and prosecutors for malicious prosecution. But the decision still leaves in place other barriers to such lawsuits.

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Legal ethics experts agree: Justice Thomas must recuse in insurrection cases

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Legal ethics experts had previously said while Ginni Thomas is an outspoken conservative activist, her husband is able to act as an independent judge of matters that come before the court.

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Supreme Court gives partial OK to Navy for vaccine mandate

Friday, March 25, 2022

The vote was 6-to-3 to partially overturn a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which had blocked a Department of Defense vaccine mandate for military personnel.

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Should Justice Thomas recuse himself from hearing cases about Jan. 6 or the election?

Friday, March 25, 2022

Ginni Thomas' texts to former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows have caused many to ask whether Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself because of his wife's activities.

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Ginni Thomas reportedly pressed Trump's chief of staff on overturning the election

Friday, March 25, 2022

Conservative activist Ginni Thomas, who's married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent a number of texts to then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows between November 2020 and January 2021.

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A school board has the right to censure a disruptive member, the Supreme Court rules

Thursday, March 24, 2022

The ruling came in the case of an elected trustee of the Houston Community College board who sued his fellow board members, charging that they violated his First Amendment right by censuring him

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Supreme Court backs a prisoner who sought his pastor's touch at the time of execution

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Thursday's ruling was clear, and close to unanimous, with only Justice Clarence Thomas in dissent.

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Sen. Graham grilled Judge Jackson on day 2 of Supreme Court confirmation hearings

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Judge Katanji Brown Jackson faced a marathon day of questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is considering her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson are underway

Monday, March 21, 2022

Confirmation hearings opened Monday for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court. She's the first Black woman nominated for the nation's highest court.

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What Ketanji Brown Jackson can expect to hear from Republicans this week

Monday, March 21, 2022

If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court, and she would be one of four women on the court, the largest number ever to serve at one time.

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Dick Durbin, a low-key Senate veteran, to preside over Supreme Court hearings

Friday, March 18, 2022

Durbin has been No. 2 in the Senate Democratic leadership since 2007, a job that involves knowing senators well enough to be able to count and corral votes, and knowing how to broker a deal.

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Wife of Justice Thomas rebuts claims of conflict of interest

Monday, March 14, 2022

In an interview published Monday, Ginni Thomas said that while she did attend the Jan. 6 rally to protest President Biden's election, she left before Donald Trump took the stage.

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Supreme Court stays out of key state rulings on partisan gerrymandering, for now

Monday, March 07, 2022

In cases from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Republican state legislatures sought to block decisions issued by state supreme courts based on the states' respective constitutions.

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Pentagon asks Supreme Court to allow it to stop the deployment of unvaccinated SEALs

Monday, March 07, 2022

The request comes after a federal judge in Texas blocked the Navy from halting the deployment of Navy SEALs who won't comply with the military's vaccine mandate.

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The Supreme Court reimposes a death sentence for the Boston bomber

Friday, March 04, 2022

The Supreme Court reversed a federal appeals court in Boston that had overturned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence. The 2013 attack killed three people.

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Supreme Court rules against disclosure in torture case

Thursday, March 03, 2022

The decision involving Abu Zubaydah, a terrorism detainee at Guantanamo Bay, likely will make it harder for victims to expose secret government misconduct in the future.

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New Supreme Court ruling could make it harder to expose secret government misconduct

Thursday, March 03, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government can shield former government contractors from testifying about the torture of a post-9/11 detainee.

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