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Abortion, Guns And Gay Rights On The Docket For Supreme Court's New Term

11:08am October 07, 2019

by Nina Totenberg

Separation of church and state, immigration and questions about impeachment could be on the table this term, which starts Monday and will almost surely be a march to the right on flashpoint issues.

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The Supreme Court will weigh in on a Louisiana abortion law that put restrictions on clinics that provide abortions.

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Supreme Court Revisits Abortion With Louisiana Case

11:55am October 04, 2019

by Nina Totenberg

At issue is a Louisiana law that mirrors a Texas law the court struck down. What's different, however, is that Justice Anthony Kennedy, who cast the decisive fifth vote in the 2016 case, has retired.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks with NPR in July.

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Treated Again For Cancer

5:19pm August 23, 2019

by Nina Totenberg

The 86-year-old justice just wrapped up weeks of treatment after a new cancerous tumor was found on her pancreas. Doctors say there's no evidence of cancer elsewhere.

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Nina Totenberg interviews Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about her legacy

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Does Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Have Any Regrets? Hardly

7:00am July 28, 2019

by Nina Totenberg

"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.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shares laugh with her husband, Martin, at an event at Columbia Law School in 2003. Martin Ginsburg, or "Marty," passed away in 2010.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Love And Other Things

1:23pm July 27, 2019

by Domenico Montanaro

"I miss him every morning," the Supreme Court justice said of her late husband and booster, Marty, in an interview with NPR's Nina Totenberg.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sits for a portrait in the Lawyer's Lounge at the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Justice Ginsburg: 'I Am Very Much Alive'

9:29am July 24, 2019

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court justice sat down for an interview with NPR's Nina Totenberg and said that despite battling cancer for a third time earlier this year, she's not going anywhere anytime soon.

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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, then 91, works in his office at the Supreme Court on Sept. 28, 2011.

Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, A Maverick On The Bench, Dies At 99

7:06am July 17, 2019

by Nina Totenberg

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."

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Justice Clarence Thomas, the longest-serving member of the current Supreme Court, has views that perhaps can be described only as unique. Some court watchers, however, use other terms: idiosyncratic, eccentric, provocative, thoughtful and, yes, wacky.

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Clarence Thomas: From 'Black Panther Type' To Supreme Court's Conservative Beacon

2:36pm July 14, 2019

by Nina Totenberg

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.

People gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court last month as decisions are handed down, including on the census.

Cities And Immigrants Drove Census Controversy — 100 Years Ago

3:26pm July 10, 2019

by Ron Elving

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.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks at an event in February in North Las Vegas, Nev., while campaigning for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

Cory Booker Wants To Block Use Of Census Citizenship Data To Draw Voting Districts

1:18pm July 10, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Democratic senator and presidential hopeful is introducing a bill to prevent a transformation of the redistricting process that he says could give Republicans a political advantage.