Nina Totenberg

NPR legal correspondent

Nina Totenberg appears in the following:

Supreme Court Sees The Signs — But Can They Stay?

Monday, January 12, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a case that looks at how municipal governments may regulate where and when signs are posted.

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Supreme Court To Hear Case Against Obamacare In 2015

Monday, December 29, 2014

There is another challenge to Obamacare. This one is not as high profile as the last one, but it has the power to gut the program. The high court may also decide to weigh in on the gay marriage issue.

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Supreme Court Refuses To Limit Abortion Drug's Use

Monday, December 15, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked enforcement of an Arizona law aimed at limiting use of the increasingly popular abortion pill. In 2012 nearly half of the abortions in the state were via the pill, known as RU-486.

The pill was approved by the FDA in 2000 for the first ...

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Supreme Court Upholds North Carolina Traffic Stop

Monday, December 15, 2014

The court has upheld a cocaine conviction that began when police stopped a car with just one brake light, even though state law in North Carolina requires only one brake lamp.

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Supreme Court Rules Employers Are Not Required To Pay For Security Time

Tuesday, December 09, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that companies do not have to pay workers for time spent in anti-theft security screening at the end of a shift.

The decision is a major victory for retail enterprises and manufacturing businesses that could have been on the hook for billions of ...

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Pregnancy Discrimination Act In The Spotlight At Supreme Court

Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Driver Peggy Young sued UPS for suspending her job and health insurance during her pregnancy. She claims the company was required to accommodate her, but UPS says its policy was within the law.

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Did UPS Discriminate Against A Pregnant Worker By Letting Her Go?

Wednesday, December 03, 2014

When Peggy Young became pregnant, her doctor recommended not lifting more than 20 pounds and she lost her job. Now a federal law banning pregnancy discrimination faces a test before the Supreme Court.

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Justices Struggle To Find Line Between Threats, Free Speech Online

Monday, December 01, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court struggled Monday with conflicting notions of where to draw the line between free speech and criminal threats in the Internet age.

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Is A Threat Posted On Facebook Really A Threat?

Monday, December 01, 2014

The Supreme Court is tackling a question of increasing importance in the age of social media and the Internet after a man was convicted of posting threats against his estranged wife and an FBI agent.

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Justice Ginsburg Expected Back On The Bench Soon After Surgery

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery for a coronary blockage on Tuesday night and had a stent placed in an artery. The 81-year-old justice had felt discomfort while exercising.

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Justice Ginsburg Recovering After Heart Stent Implant

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a heart stent implanted Wednesday to clear a blocked right coronary artery, but she was expected to be back on the bench when the court reconvenes on Monday.

The 81-year-old justice experienced some chest pain last night while working out with her ...

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Court Rejects Challenge To Obamacare Rules On Contraceptives

Friday, November 14, 2014

A federal appeals court in Washington has rejected a challenge to Obamacare regulations that allow religious nonprofits to opt out of providing birth control coverage.

The Catholic Archbishop of Washington and nonprofits affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church challenged the regulations, contending they do not go far enough.

The regulations ...

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At The Supreme Court, Tracing A Fine Line Between Politics And Race

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

On Wednesday, the justices took up a redistricting case from Alabama that explores the question of which kinds of political gerrymandering are acceptable and which are not.

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Supreme Court Case Seeks Source Of Alabama Gerrymandering

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

The court is being asked to decide whether a 2010 state legislative redistricting in Alabama overloaded some districts with black Democrats on the basis of race or party.

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Supreme Court Agrees To Hear New Health Law Challenge

Friday, November 07, 2014

Health care experts say an adverse ruling would be catastrophic for the health insurance program that the president has fought so hard to enact and preserve.

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Federal Appeals Court Upholds State Gay Marriage Bans

Thursday, November 06, 2014

A federal appeals court in Ohio has decided that four states may ban gay marriage if they wish, splitting from the decision reached by other federal appeals courts in similar cases.

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How Does Destroying Fish Compare To Shredding Documents, Legally?

Wednesday, November 05, 2014

A Supreme Court case argued Wednesday is about obstruction of justice — and fish. The prosecution says the law used to convict its client only bars document destruction. The justices aren't so sure.

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The Supreme Court Takes Up The Case Of The Missing Fish

Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Prosecutors say that when undersized fish disappeared off of captain John Yates' boat, it constituted destruction of evidence. Business and civil liberties groups say the law only applies to papers.

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Supreme Court Case Tests Status Of Jerusalem

Monday, November 03, 2014

Can U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem list Israel as their place of birth on their passports? A 12-year-old boy is contesting the U.S. position that no one has sovereignty over the city.

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Supreme Court To Consider Case On Passports Of Jerusalem-Born Citizens

Monday, November 03, 2014

For the second time, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that combines Middle East policy with the dueling foreign policy roles of the president and Congress.

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