Round 2: Health Care Law Faces The Supreme Court Again
Round 2 in the legal battle over Obamacare hits the Supreme Court's intellectual boxing ring Wednesday.In one corner is the Obama administration, backed by the nation's hospitals, insurance companies,...
View ArticleJustices Roberts And Kennedy Hold Key Votes In Health Law Case
With yet another do-or-die test of Obamacare before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, the justices were sharply divided.By the end of the argument, it was clear that the outcome will be determined...
View Article#NPRreads: From Supreme Court Justice To The Notorious R.B.G.
#NPRreads is a new feature we're testing out on Twitter and on The Two-Way. The premise is simple: Correspondents, editors and producers throughout our newsroom will share pieces that have kept them...
View ArticleMeet The Attorney Defending Confederate Flag License Plates
Supreme Court advocates do not always play to type. To wit, R. James George Jr., arguing Monday for specialty license plates featuring the Confederate flag.Not what you might expect from a man who...
View ArticleIs A Confederate Flag License Plate Free Speech?
The U.S. Supreme Court is tackling a question of great interest to America's auto-loving public: Whose speech is that on your specialty license plate? Specifically, when the government issues specialty...
View ArticleJustices Debate Place Of Offensive Language On License Plates
Nazis, jihadis, racial slurs and even "Mighty Fine Burgers" all made cameo appearances at the U.S. Supreme Court Monday as the justices tackled a case of great interest to America's auto-loving public....
View ArticleObama Administration Emissions Rules Face Supreme Court Test
The Supreme Court hears a challenge Wednesday to Obama administration rules aimed at limiting the amount of mercury and other hazardous pollutants emitted from coal- and oil-fired utility plants. The...
View ArticleSupreme Court Deals Medicaid Blow To Doctors And Health Companies
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that private Medicaid providers cannot sue to force states to raise reimbursement rates in the face of rising medical costs. The 5-to-4 decision is a blow to many...
View ArticleAfter Nazi Plunder, A Quest To Bring Home The 'Woman In Gold'
Maria Altmann was 88 when I first met her by phone in 2004. "Would it be possible to call back in a few minutes?" she asked. "I'm feeling a little dizzy and would like a cup of coffee to revive...
View ArticleMeet The 'Accidental Activists' Of The Supreme Court's Same-Sex-Marriage Case
The U.S. Supreme Court hears legal arguments next week in the legal battle over same-sex marriage. It's an extraordinarily high-stakes clash, but the men and women at the center of it see themselves as...
View ArticleSupreme Court: Police May Not Detain Traffic Violators Longer Than Necessary
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police may not detain a traffic violator longer than needed so as to allow police time to conduct a dog sniff for drugs.Just after midnight on March 27, 2012,...
View ArticleSame-Sex Marriage, In The Justices' Words
The U.S. Supreme Court directly confronts the question of gay marriage this week with a whopping 2 1/2 hours of oral argument, accompanied by plenty of prognostication afterward about the expected...
View ArticleLegal Battle Over Gay Marriage Hits The Supreme Court Tuesday
People have been lining up outside the U.S. Supreme Court for days hoping that they will be among the lucky ones to get a seat for Tuesday's historic arguments on gay marriage.As of now, gay marriage...
View ArticleRecord Number Of Amicus Briefs Filed In Same-Sex-Marriage Cases
This week's same-sex-marriage cases at the Supreme Court brought in a record number of friend-of-the-court briefs — 148 of them, according to the court, beating the previous record of 136 in the 2013...
View ArticleJustices Deeply Divided Over Same-Sex-Marriage Arguments
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View ArticleAfter Botched Executions, Supreme Court Weighs Lethal Drug Cocktail
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in three death penalty cases testing which drug combinations constitute cruel and unusual punishment when used to execute a convicted murderer by lethal...
View ArticleIt's Sotomayor V. Roberts In Supreme Court Death Penalty Drama
Lethal injection was the grim subject before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday. Specifically at issue: whether the drug combinations currently used to execute convicted murderers in some states are...
View ArticleJustices: Retailer Can't Refuse To Hire Someone Because She Wears Hijab
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Abercrombie & Fitch violated the nation's laws against religious discrimination when it refused to hire a Muslim teenager because she wore a...
View ArticleCourt Sides With President Over Congress In 'Jerusalem' Passport Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday sided with the president in a long-running struggle with Congress over who controls recognition of foreign countries and what information about nationhood can be put on...
View ArticleHigh Court Sides With Government On Spousal Visa Denial
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the government's broad discretion to give only a cursory explanation for refusing to grant a visa to the spouse of an American citizen. The justices divided...
View ArticleThis California Raisin Grower Just Got His Day In The Sun
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Depression-era federal program aimed at stabilizing raisin and other commodity prices.Until now, the way the system has worked was this: A board of private...
View ArticleSupreme Court Thwarts Efforts To Put Obamacare On Life Support
The U.S. Supreme Court handed the Obama administration a sweeping victory on Thursday, upholding the nationwide subsidies that are crucial to the president's health care law. By a 6-3 vote, the high...
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Supreme Court's Same-Sex Marriage Ruling: A Reaction
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View ArticleSupreme Court Changes Face Of Marriage In Historic Ruling
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View ArticleLethal Injection Ruling Draws Out Justices' Passionate Opinions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a major blow to death penalty opponents, upholding the use of a controversial drug as part of a three-drug execution cocktail. The vote was 5-4, with unusually...
View ArticleSupreme Court Concludes Term With Death Penalty Ruling, Looks Ahead
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued the last of its opinions for this term — on the death penalty, anti-pollution regulations and the power of independent commissions to draw congressional and...
View ArticleLiberal Minority Won Over Conservatives In Historic Supreme Court Term
It was a historic term, a surprisingly liberal term — and a nasty term.That's the essence of the tea-leaf reading about the U.S. Supreme Court term that just concluded. Astonishingly — though the court...
View ArticleGinsburg: Liberal Justices Make A Point To Speak With One Voice
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday provided an unusual peek behind the scenes at how the court did its work this term.It's true, she said, that the liberal justices tried to be...
View ArticleHow To Hack Béarnaise, A Mother Of A French Sauce
This summer, NPR is getting crafty in the kitchen.
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