Nina Totenberg

NPR legal correspondent

Nina Totenberg appears in the following:

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Treated Again For Cancer

Friday, August 23, 2019

The 86-year-old justice just wrapped up weeks of treatment after a new cancerous tumor was found on her pancreas. Doctors say there's no evidence of cancer elsewhere.

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Does Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Have Any Regrets? Hardly

Sunday, July 28, 2019

"I do think that I was born under a very bright star," Ginsburg said recounting her career and legacy as a woman who beat the professional odds.

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Protecting An Independent Judiciary

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sat down exclusively with NPR to talk about her passions, including protecting an independent judiciary, women's equality and missing her late-husband, Marty.

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Justice Ginsburg: 'I Am Very Much Alive'

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

The Supreme Court justice sat down for an interview with NPR's Nina Totenberg and said that despite battling cancer for a third time earlier this year, she's not going anywhere anytime soon.

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Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Lies In Repose

Monday, July 22, 2019

The nation mourned the death of late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Stevens' body lie in repose at the court Monday, where current justices and members of the public paid their respects.

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Former Supreme Court Justice Stevens Lies In Repose

Monday, July 22, 2019

Stevens, who died July 16, is lying in repose Monday in the Supreme Court's Great Hall. Several current justices as well as President Trump have paid their respects, along with members of the public.

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Trump To Nominate Eugene Scalia, Late Supreme Court Justice's Son, As Labor Secretary

Thursday, July 18, 2019

The president offered the Washington attorney the job, and he accepted. He's 55 and a partner at a firm where he handles labor and employment cases.

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John Paul Stevens, Retired Supreme Court Justice, Dies At 99

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, who served on the United States Supreme Court for nearly 35 years, died Tuesday of complications following a stroke. He was 99 years old.

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Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, A Maverick On The Bench, Dies At 99

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has died at the age of 99. Appointed by President Gerald Ford, he was known for his "crafty and genial hand" and as a "judge's judge."

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Clarence Thomas: From 'Black Panther Type' To Supreme Court's Conservative Beacon

Sunday, July 14, 2019

The longest-serving member of the current court is also its furthest to the right, least traditional and most controversial — and with a new conservative majority, he may be having a moment.

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Justice Clarence Thomas Will Enter His 29th Term In The Fall

Friday, July 12, 2019

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is the longest serving member of the current court. He had 18 dissenting and concurring opinions in the court's last term.

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Fear And Loathing At The Supreme Court — What Is Chief Justice John Roberts Up To?

Monday, July 08, 2019

The Supreme Court's nominal leader can make a huge difference — and did this term. But where is he headed and why?

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Ginsburg Passing The Liberal Torch: Takeaways From A Big Supreme Court Term

Tuesday, July 02, 2019

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.

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A Recap Of The Supreme Court Term

Friday, June 28, 2019

NPR's Nina Totenberg and Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSblog recap the Supreme Court term. It's the first with Justice Brett Kavanaugh and without Anthony Kennedy.

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Supreme Court Takes Up DACA Appeal

Friday, June 28, 2019

The high court agrees to review the Trump administration's elimination of a program designed to help children brought to the country illegally.

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Chief Justice John Roberts Becomes Supreme Court's Swingman

Friday, June 28, 2019

In two major 5-to-4 Supreme Court decisions Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the conservatives in one, and then for the liberals in another.

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Supreme Court Delivers 2 Major 5-4 Decisions

Thursday, June 27, 2019

It was a big day at the Supreme Court. For now, it blocked a citizenship question from being on the Census. Separately, it said political redistricting is a question beyond the reach of the courts.

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Supreme Court Rules On Citizenship Question, Partisan Gerrymandering

Thursday, June 27, 2019

The Supreme Court is blocking a citizenship question from the 2020 census for now. Also, it ruled that partisan redistricting is a political question that federal courts cannot weigh in on.

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Trump Threatens Census Delay After Supreme Court Leaves Citizenship Question Blocked

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Trump's tweets came hours after the Court decided to keep a question about citizenship off the form to be used for the head count.

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Supreme Court Affirms Police Can Order Blood Drawn From Unconscious DUI Suspects

Thursday, June 27, 2019

In a 5-4 vote, the court upheld a Wisconsin law that says motorists have given implied consent to having blood drawn. There were two dissents — including one from Justice Neil Gorsuch.

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