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    NPR's Nina Totenberg, left, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stand onstage at the New York Academy of Medicine after doing a question and answer session as part of the Museum of the City of New York's David Berg Distinguished Speakers S
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    NPR Should Have Revealed Totenberg-RBG Friendship Earlier

    Sep 24, 2020
    Why is it OK for a senior correspondent to be close friends with a key source on her beat, but it's not OK for her colleague to march in a Black Lives Matter protest?
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    National
    After six trials and 23 years behind bars, charges are being dropped against Curtis Flowers (pictured here in Dec. 2019) over a 1996 quadruple killing in Mississippi. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a conviction last summer, citing among other things,
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    After 6 Trials, Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Curtis Flowers

    Sep 05, 2020
    Flowers spent 23 years behind bars for a 1996 quadruple killing at a Mississippi furniture store. Prosecutors said Friday that there were no credible witnesses available for a seventh trial.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    A federal judge blocked further implementation of a rule issued last year by the Department of Homeland Security.
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    Twin Rulings By Federal Judge Block 'Public Charge' Rules For Immigrants

    Jul 31, 2020
    The judge cites the coronavirus pandemic in blocking the Trump administration's attempt to widen the criteria for what makes an immigrant a "public charge."
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    Environment
    Looking west from this overlook in the George Washington National Forest in central Virginia, the pathway of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would be visible along the valley floor running to the north.
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    Supreme Court Says Pipeline May Cross Underneath Appalachian Trail

    Jun 15, 2020
    At the heart of the case was a legal question about which federal agency — if any — had authority to grant a permit for the pipeline, which would cross under the trail in central Virginia.
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    National
    Aimee Stephens' Supreme Court case is over the question of whether employers can fire workers for being transgender. "We're not asking for anything special. We're just asking to be treated like other people are," Stephens told <em>The Detroit News</em> l
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    Aimee Stephens, Transgender Woman At Center Of Major Civil Rights Case, Dies At 59

    May 12, 2020
    "Aimee didn't set out to be a hero and a trailblazer, but she is one," the ACLU said. Her Supreme Court case asks if federal law barring sex discrimination in employment applies to transgender people.
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    National
    Clothing hangs to dry at a makeshift migrant camp for asylum seekers in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, on earlier this month. About 60,000 migrants live in filthy and dangerous conditions as they await their day in U.S. immigration court.
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    U.S. Supreme Court Allows 'Remain In Mexico' Program To Continue

    Mar 11, 2020
    The high court will allow the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy to stand across the entire southern border. The decision marks another immigration victory for the White House.
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    Law
    Officials escort convicted killer Adnan Syed, subject of the <em>Serial</em> podcast, from a courthouse in Baltimore in February 2016.
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    U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear Adnan Syed's Appeal, Keeping 'Serial' Subject In Prison

    Nov 25, 2019
    The high court did not provide an explanation for why it declined to hear the appeal by Syed, who was convicted in 2000 of strangling to death his former girlfriend, Hae Min Lee.
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    Politics
    Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a discussion at Georgetown University Law Center on July 2, 2019.
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    Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized For 'Chills And Fever'

    Nov 23, 2019
    The 86-year-old justice was hospitalized on Friday, but in a statement the Supreme Court said her symptoms "have abated," and she could be released as early as Sunday morning.
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    Law
    The U.S. Supreme Court building at dusk on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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    Supreme Court Allows Government To Curtail Asylum Requests During Legal Fight

    Sep 11, 2019
    The administration scores a victory in its efforts to reduce the number of asylum applicants presenting themselves at the U.S. southern border.
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    Shots - Health News
    Demonstrators from Doctors for America marched in support of the Affordable Care Act outside the U.S. Supreme Court in March 2015. Now, another case aims to undo the federal health law: <em>Texas v. United States</em> could land in front of the Supreme C
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    The Affordable Care Act Is Back In Court: 5 Facts You Need To Know

    Jul 09, 2019
    The ACA is again being put to the test, after a lower court judge ruled the massive health law unconstitutional. The case might yet ricochet back to the Supreme Court ahead of the 2020 election.
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    Law
    The U.S. Supreme Court will take up three cases that hinge on federal discrimination laws and whether they protect LGBTQ workers when its new term begins in October.
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    Supreme Court Will Hear Cases On LGBTQ Discrimination Protections For Employees

    Apr 22, 2019
    The court is poised to decide whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to sexual orientation and gender identity, along with factors such as race, religion, sex and national origin.
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    Politics
    Sandra Day O'Connor, seen here testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1981, served for 24 years on the Supreme Court.
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    Sandra Day O'Connor Says She Has Dementia, Withdraws From Public Life

    Oct 23, 2018
    O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, says she has been diagnosed with "the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer's disease."
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    Law
    Brett Kavanaugh, seen getting sworn in before a confirmation hearing early last month.
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    How Is Kavanaugh Likely To Rule On Critical Issues? Here's A Look At His Record

    Oct 08, 2018

    The newly minted Supreme Court justice will have the opportunity to weigh in on a number of lightning-rod topics: abortion, guns, executive power and more. Here's a brief primer on his positions.

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    Politics
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, including Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, arrive for a news conference on Thursday, reiterating their plan to bring Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nominat
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    Kavanaugh Passes Critical Senate Hurdle

    Oct 05, 2018
    A final vote on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination is now expected this weekend. Despite passing cloture Friday 51-49, his confirmation remains in the hands of multiple undecided senators.
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    Law
    A view of the Supreme Court from Capitol Hill September 28, 2018. The Court begins its new term on Monday one justice short while the Senate remains stuck in a confirmation fight over Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who's been accused of sexual assault.
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    Supreme Court Term Begins In The Shadow Of Kavanaugh Confirmation Battle

    Oct 01, 2018
    For now, the court will be evenly divided between conservative and liberal justices. In the next week, the Court will hear cases involving endangered species, the death penalty and immigration law.
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    Politics
    Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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    Brett Kavanaugh Offers Fiery Defense In Hearing That Was A National Cultural Moment

    Sep 27, 2018
    Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh each gave riveting testimony in the day-long hearing called to look into Ford's accusation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when both were teenagers.
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    Politics
    Kavanaugh looks over his notes while testifying on Thursday.
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    Kavanaugh Looks On Path To Supreme Court Confirmation, After 4 Days Of Hearings

    Sep 08, 2018
    Nothing during the hearings seemed to change the likelihood that the judge is headed for a spot on the nation's highest court. But the week did help elevate the profiles of two Democratic senators.
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    Politics
    Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh poses for photos with former players of the youth basketball team he coached during a break in his Senate Judiciary Committee hearings Thursday.
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    Kavanaugh Hearings, Day 3: Booker Has His 'Spartacus Moment'; A Mulligan On Mueller

    Sep 06, 2018

    Thursday began with a squabble over documents and an assertion by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., that he was willing to risk being ousted from the Senate in order to provide information on the nominee.

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    Politics
    Judge Brett Kavanaugh parents, Martha Kavanaugh and Everett Edward Kavanaugh, look on as he testifies during the second day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearings Wednesday.
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    Kavanaugh Hearings, Day 2: More Protests As Senators Press On Precedent

    Sep 05, 2018
    There were frequent interruptions of the hearing by demonstrators as senators got their chance to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh directly.
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    Politics
    Fred Guttenberg (left), whose daughter, Jaime, was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., attempts to shake hands with Kavanaugh (right) as the nominee leaves for a lunch break while appearing before the Senate Jud
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    Kavanaugh Hearings, Day 1: Protesters Focus On Roe; Attempted Handshake Goes Viral

    Sep 04, 2018
    There were objections from Democrats, and protests inside and outside the hearing room. Also, a disputed moment between the father of a mass shooting victim and Trump's nominee quickly went viral.
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    Analysis
    Many considered Brett Kavanaugh the front-runner to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, even before Kennedy announced his retirement. Despite his credentials, Kavanaugh still met resistance within Trump world.
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    Kavanaugh Pick Shows Trump Bowing Again To The GOP Legal Establishment

    Jul 10, 2018
    Kennedy has given the president the ultimate political gift — the chance to reprise his Greatest Hit (Neil Gorsuch) and shape the political debate in the months before the November midterm elections.
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    Law
    Kavanaugh attends a news conference with Senate GOP leadership in the Capitol in 2006 during tense consideration of his appointment to the federal bench.
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    Who Is Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Pick For The Supreme Court?

    Jul 09, 2018
    The federal judge is conservative and just 53. He is a former Bush White House staffer with deep political ties and the most experience as a judge on Trump's shortlist. But he is also controversial.
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    Law
    Judge Amul Thapar is a personal favorite of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
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    Trump's Top 2 Supreme Court Picks Reflect Warring Republican Factions

    Jul 06, 2018
    Supporters and opponents of Judges Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Barrett have waged a fierce battle for their candidate. But are the differences little more than a summer camp color war?
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    Law
    President Trump boards Air Force One, Thursday, en route to Montana.
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    Trump Narrows Supreme Court Shortlist To 3 — With 2 On The Inside Track

    Jul 05, 2018
    Trump said he will make the announcement Monday night at 9 p.m. at the White House. He is deciding between Judges Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Raymond Kethledge.
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    After Supreme Court Rejection, What's Next For Tip-Sharing At Wynn Casinos?

    Jul 03, 2018

    Wynn Resorts dealers, at least for now, don't have to share their tips with their supervisors. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition from the Las Vegas company to overturn a lower court’s ruling on tip pooling.

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