Law & Courts Does Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Have Any Regrets? Hardly "I do think that I was born under a very bright star," Ginsburg said recounting her career and legacy as a woman who beat the professional odds. Nina Totenberg
Politics Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, A Maverick On The Bench, Dies At 99 Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has died at the age of 99. Appointed by President Gerald Ford, he was known for his "crafty and genial hand" and as a "judge's judge." Nina Totenberg
Politics Clarence Thomas: From 'Black Panther Type' To Supreme Court's Conservative Beacon The longest-serving member of the current court is also its furthest to the right, least traditional and most controversial — and with a new conservative majority, he may be having a moment. Nina Totenberg
Politics Cities And Immigrants Drove Census Controversy — 100 Years Ago A century ago, debate over immigration and urban-rural power stalled congressional action on the results of the census. The tensions that mattered then still persist a century later. Ron Elving
Politics Judge To Review Claims Of Census Citizenship Question's 'Discriminatory' Origins While the Justice Department continues exploring possible ways to add a question about citizenship to the census forms, a federal judge in Maryland is moving ahead with reopening two cases against it. Hansi Lo Wang Bobby Allyn
Politics To Gerrymander Or Not To Gerrymander? That's The Question For Democrats The Supreme Court essentially approved the practice in a recent ruling. Will Democrats still make good on promises to take partisanship out of redistricting? Miles Parks
Politics Ginsburg Passing The Liberal Torch: Takeaways From A Big Supreme Court Term The new swing vote on the court is the conservative chief justice; Trump's appointees are going different directions; and Justice Ginsburg appears to be handing off the liberal torch to Justice Kagan. Nina Totenberg
National How The Fight Over The Census Citizenship Question Could Rage On President Trump threatened to delay next year's constitutionally mandated head count hours after the Supreme Court ruled to keep a citizenship question off 2020 census forms for now. Hansi Lo Wang
Politics Supreme Court Takes Up DACA Appeal The high court agrees to review the Trump administration's elimination of a program designed to help children brought to the country illegally. Nina Totenberg Domenico Montanaro
Politics Supreme Court Leaves Citizenship Question Blocked For Now From 2020 Census The decision comes more than a year after the Trump administration announced plans to include on forms for the national head count the question, "Is this person a citizen of the United States?" Nina Totenberg Hansi Lo Wang
