The court said just one district is unconstitutional — House District 90. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a scathing dissent that was five pages longer than the majority opinion.
Host Michel Martin talks about family separation at the border with Terence Shigg, a 22-year veteran of the Border Patrol and spokesperson for the union that represents the agents in San Diego.
Migrants deported back to their Central American homelands sometimes are forced to leave without their children. El Salvador now says it won't allow the U.S. to return deportees until they have been reunited with their children.
Dave and Charlotte Willner started a fundraiser to raise $1,500 for the nonprofit RAICES. They've now raised close to $20 million. Michel Martin asks them about how they far exceeded their original goal.
What kind of caseload awaits immigration judges with a new zero-tolerance policy? Former immigration judge Paul Wickham Schmidt talks with NPR's Scott Simon.
A Supreme Court ruling this past week could change how online retailers get taxed. NPR's Scott Simon talks with South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, who argued the case in front of the court.
About a dozen states have added hepatitis C to the list of medical conditions for which people can face criminal prosecution if they knowingly engage in activities that could spread the disease.
Tried as a juvenile in the 2002 slayings of 10 people, Lee Boyd Malvo got multiple life sentences without parole. Now, an appeals court has affirmed that several of the sentences must be tossed.