Nina Totenberg
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National
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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Law & Courts
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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National
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.
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National
Supreme Court leaves Illinois semiautomatic gun ban in place
Two lower courts have upheld the law, and Thursday's Supreme Court action marked the second time in six months that the justices have declined to intervene.
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Politics
Supreme Court to hear abortion pill case
The court's action sets up a collision between the Food and Drug Administration's 23-year study and supervision of mifepristone, and the circumstances under which it can be prescribed.
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Law & Courts
High Court, in declining to weigh conversion therapy ban, allows law to stand
In doing so, the court left standing a lower court decision that upheld the state's ban on a therapy that the American Medical Association says "is not based on medical and scientific evidence."
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Law & Courts
Supreme Court seems inclined to leave major off-shore tax in place on investors
Their eventual decision in the case could severely limit congressional options in enacting tax policy, and it could cost the federal government trillions of dollars in corporate taxes.
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Law & Courts
It's money v. principle in Supreme Court opioid case
The justices struggled to decide whether to give a thumbs up or thumbs down to the multi-billion dollar Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal--a deal meant to compensate victims of OxyContin.
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Law & Courts
Purdue Pharma, Sacklers' OxyContin settlement lands at the Supreme Court
Under the deal, Purdue agreed it owed $8 billion in criminal and civil fines. That deal is at the center of Monday's case because it releases the Sacklers from personal liability.