Nina Totenberg
Stories
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The Supreme Court opens the door to more discrimination claims involving job transfers
The U.S. Supreme Court has made it easier for workers to bring employment discrimination suits over job transfers. The decision was unanimous, but the reasoning was not.
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Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters
Conservatives on the court expressed varying degrees of skepticism about the charge of obstructing an official proceeding.
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Supreme Court hears challenge to a statute used to try hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided, with conservatives expressing various degrees of skepticism about the statute used to prosecute more than 350 of the Jan. 6th rioters who invaded the capitol.
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A Supreme Court abortion pill case with potential consequences for every other drug
At issue is the FDA's regulatory power to approve drugs and continually evaluate their safety — a system that until now has been widely viewed as the gold standard for both safety and innovation
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Supreme Court seems wary of barring government contacts with social media
At issue was a sweeping Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that barred government officials from having contacts with social media platforms.
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Supreme Court examines whether government can combat disinformation online
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Missouri, Louisiana and five individuals who were either banned from social media during the pandemic or whose posts, they say, were not prominently featured.
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SCOTUS says public officials have the right to block on social media
The Supreme Court ruled that public officials may block people on social media in certain circumstances. The rulings were unanimous.
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Will the timing of the Supreme Court's Trump case mean no trial before the election?
The court could have moved faster. It has historically done that in other big cases with political ramification.
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Supreme Court seems torn over bump stock ban
In 2018, the federal government banned bump stocks for that reason, but gun enthusiasts have challenged the regulation in court, contending that only Congress has the power to enact such a ban.
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Supreme Court allows Idaho abortion ban to be enacted, first such ruling since Dobbs
Idaho's "Defense of Life Act" would would make it a crime for "every person who performs or attempts to perform an abortion," even when the woman's health is greatly endangered.