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Supreme Court Upholds 'One Person, One' Vote Principle

5:01pm April 04, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday that states may count all residents, whether or not they are eligible to vote, when drawing election districts. In doing so, the court upheld the "one person, one vote" principle.

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Supreme Court Upholds 'One Person, One Vote' Standard

4:33pm April 04, 2016

The challenge to the longstanding definition argued that only people who are eligible to vote should count in drawing voting district lines and other government purposes. The court was unanimous.

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Feds: Denying Housing Over Criminal Record May Be Discrimination

9:50am April 04, 2016

by Cheryl Corley

Finding a place to live can be difficult for people with arrest records. Beginning Monday it may be easier for convicted felons to rent a home under the protection of the Fair Housing Act.

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North Carolina 'Religious Freedom' Law Makes Some Reconsider Moving There

7:58am April 03, 2016

NPR's Rachel Martin asks North Carolina furniture maker Mitchell Gold about a new state law undoing local LGBT protections.

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N.Y. Bill To Cordon The Costumed From Pedestrians In Times Square

8:15am April 02, 2016

Scott Simon talks with Councilmember Dan Garodnick about his support of a bill that would limit the movement of people in costumes in New York City's Times Square.

Los Angeles Police Capt. Andy Neiman announced in March that a knife possibly linked to the murder of O.J. Simpson's ex-wife was undergoing forensic tests. Those tests have determined that it was not involved in the crime.

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Knife Purportedly Found At O.J. Simpson's Former Home Is Not Murder Weapon

8:43pm April 01, 2016

by Laura Wagner

LA detectives have determined that a knife turned in recently as possible evidence was not the weapon used to kill Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1994.

Politics & Government

Courtesy Calls Give Senators A Chance To Get To Know Supreme Court Nominees

1:47pm April 01, 2016

Steve Inskeep talks to Christopher Kang, formerly of the White House Counsel's office, who accompanied then-nominees Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan on their Senate courtesy calls.

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Four couples have won their challenge of Mississippi's ban on same-sex adoption. Two of the plaintiffs, Susan Hrostowski (left) and Kathryn Garner, are seen here last summer with their teenage son, Hudson Garner.

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Judge Strikes Down Last Same-Sex Adoption Ban In The U.S.

10:54am April 01, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Mississippi's law was the last of its kind in the U.S. The couples in the case were in a variety of circumstances, from desiring to adopt a child to raising children together.

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When It Comes To Police Reform, Insurance Companies May Play A Role

7:29am April 01, 2016

by Martin Kaste

There are limits to what the government can do, but it turns out that insurers look for ways to push police departments they cover to reduce risk.

U.S. Women's Soccer Team Members File Wage Discrimination Complaint

10:27pm March 31, 2016

by Nathan Rott

Five members of the U.S. women's national soccer team have filed a federal complaint against the U.S. Soccer Federation, alleging wage discrimination.

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