Nina Totenberg appears in the following:
Supreme Court Case Could Change How You Watch TV
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Bruce Springsteen may have been ahead of his times with his song "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)," released in 1992. These days there are hundreds of channels, and whether you like it or not, you get most of them in your basic cable package. On Tuesday, that economic model is ...
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge To Ohio Ban On Campaign Lies
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday testing whether states can make it a crime to lie about candidates during an election campaign.
At issue is an Ohio law that imposes potential jail time or a fine for the first offense, and possibly loss of the right to vote for ...
High Court To Consider Political Lies, Future Of Broadcasting
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Group Goes Online To Find Affirmative Action Plaintiffs
Monday, April 07, 2014
A group opposed to affirmative action in higher education is taking the unprecedented step of looking for plaintiffs online.
The Project on Fair Representation is advertising for college applicants willing to challenge Harvard University, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
When the Supreme ...
High Court Strikes Down Overall Limits On Political Contributions
Thursday, April 03, 2014
Fort Hood Suffers Another Shooting Tragedy
Thursday, April 03, 2014
Supreme Court Strikes Down Pillar Of Campaign Finance Limits
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Onscreen But Out Of Sight, TV Preachers Avoid Tax Scrutiny
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Part Of Campaign Finance Law
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
High Court Considers Definition Of Domestic Violence In Gun Case
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Law enforcement, domestic violence organizations and gun control groups won an important victory in the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday.
The justices ruled unanimously that people convicted of minor domestic violence offenses are barred under federal law from possessing a gun, even though some states do not require proof of ...
Protesters Want To Sue Secret Service: Do They Have The Right?
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Justices Divide By Gender In Hobby Lobby Contraception Case
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Hobby Lobby Contraceptive Case Goes Before Supreme Court
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Lawrence Walsh: His Judgment Came Not From Confidence But From Insecurity
Thursday, March 20, 2014
In 2003 the American Bar Association published Lawrence Walsh's autobiography, The Gift of Insecurity; A Lawyer's Life. Walsh died Wednesday at age 102. The following is the foreword NPR's Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg wrote for the book.
In 1969 I was a very green, young reporter for ...
Lawrence Walsh, Who Investigated Iran-Contra Scandal, Dies At 102
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Iran-Contra Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh Dies At 102
Thursday, March 20, 2014
High Court Extends Whistleblower Protections
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a federal whistleblower law, enacted after the collapse of Enron Corporation, protects not just the employees of a public company, but also company contractors like lawyers, accountants, and investment funds.
Writing for the six-justice majority, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that in enacting ...
With Death Penalty, How Should States Define Mental Disability?
Monday, March 03, 2014
Supreme Court Allows Stanford Ponzi Scheme Suits To Go Forward
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that investor lawsuits may go forward against investment advisors and others for allegedly helping Texas tycoon Allen Stanford in a massive fraud.
Stanford was sentenced to 110 years in prison for bilking investors in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. The investors who lost money ...