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Monday, January 12, 2015
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Monday, December 29, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Monday, December 15, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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 ...
Monday, December 15, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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 ...
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Monday, December 01, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Monday, December 01, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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 ...
Friday, November 14, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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 ...
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Friday, November 07, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Thursday, November 06, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Wednesday, November 05, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Wednesday, November 05, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Monday, November 03, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.
Monday, November 03, 2014
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Nina Totenberg : NPR legal correspondent
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.