Nina Totenberg
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Politics
Supreme Court heard Cruz case about using post-election contributions to repay loans
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Republican Sen. Ted Cruz's bid to undo a provision limiting the amount of money candidates can be reimbursed for personal loans to their own campaigns.
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Politics
Divisions at the U.S. Supreme Court are playing out in differences among the justices
The U.S. Supreme Court hasn't been this divided in decades. Disagreements over masking, social issues and the Constitution itself are playing out among the justices themselves.
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Politics
Supreme Court blocks Biden's vaccine-or-test mandate for large private companies
But the court upheld the mandate for some health care workers.
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Politics
Supreme Court conservatives appear skeptical of vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses
Business groups, 27 states and some individuals have questioned the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Agency to impose a nationwide rule.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court again leaves state vaccine mandate in place for healthcare workers
This case from New York was the second time the court has refused to block such a state vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
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National
Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion law as legal fights move ahead
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed abortion providers to challenge Texas' restrictive abortion law. NPR's Noel King speaks with Florida State law professor Mary Ziegler about the implications.
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion law as legal fights move forward
The justices allowed the abortion providers' challenges to go ahead against Texas' licensing officials – but not against anyone else. The court also blocked the Justice Department's challenge.
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Education
Supreme Court signals further erosion of separation of church and state in schools
The handwriting on the wall came during a nearly two hour argument involving a challenge brought by two Maine families to the state's unusual way of providing public education.
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National
Supreme Court hears Maine case about state funds being used for religious education
The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could expand state aid to religious schools. On one side is the school choice movement, and on the other is Maine, defending its public education.
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Law & Courts
Biden's Supreme Court commission steers clear of controversial issues in draft report
The panel, which will vote on the report Tuesday, steers clear of taking a position on many of the most controversial suggestions for changing the court.