Supreme Court

The confluence of the St. Croix, top, and Mississippi Rivers, bottom, is seen from the air on May 31, 2012.

Environmentalists Rejoice: Court Says Land Regulation Doesn't Go 'Too Far'

10:48am June 24, 2017

by Nina Totenberg

The court upheld a regulation preventing a Wisconsin family from developing part of their land, denying them government compensation. The decision is a huge win for regulators and environmentalists.

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In North Carolina, No Is Not Always No, If The Sex Has Already Started

3:12pm June 23, 2017

by Tanya Ballard Brown

A 1979 state supreme court ruling said it's not rape if a person changes their mind during sex and their partner doesn't stop. A North Carolina lawmaker wants to make it a crime.

Brendan Dassey is escorted out of court in Wisconsin's Manitowoc County in 2006.

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Brendan Dassey Of 'Making A Murderer' Wins Federal Appeals Court Case

6:29pm June 22, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

A three-judge panel from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Dassey should be released unless the state of Wisconsin decides to retry him within 90 days or appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court says a lower court erred in its guidance to a jury about the standard for stripping a refugee of her American citizenship.

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Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court On Grounds For Stripping U.S. Citizenship

3:22pm June 22, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"We have never read a statute to strip citizenship from someone who met the legal criteria for acquiring it," Justice Elena Kagan wrote. "We will not start now."

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Supreme Court Rules Post-9/11 Detainees Can't Sue Top U.S. Officials

11:13am June 20, 2017

by Nina Totenberg

In ruling against the detainees, the court said that "high officers who face personal liability for damages might refrain from taking urgent and lawful action in a time of crisis."

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The Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, where the plaintiffs were detained for months following the September 11 attacks.

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Supreme Court Rules Former Detainees Cannot Sue Bush Administration Officials

6:42pm June 19, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The six men, all of Arab or South Asian descent, were in the U.S. illegally when they were detained. They say they were held under harsh conditions after the September 11 attacks.

The Supreme Court has not ruled on "purely partisan gerrymanders," which means drawing voting districts with the aim of strengthening one political party, since 2004.

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Wisconsin Gerrymandering Case

12:35pm June 19, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

It offers the court a chance to formally determine a metric on what constitutes unlawful gerrymandering, which could have major implications for the way voting districts are drawn in other states.

Married in 2008, Angela Ross (center) and her husband D.J. live in Copper Hill, Va., with two of their five children, Jordis, 11 (left), and Marianna, 7. More than 50 years ago, their interracial marriage would have been illegal in Virginia.

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Interracial Marriages Face Pushback 50 Years After Loving

8:35am June 12, 2017

The U.S. Supreme Court legalized marriages between people of different races 50 years ago. But some interracial couples today say they sometimes feel unaccepted in the U.S.

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North Carolina Lawmakers Refuse Remapping Session

3:01pm June 08, 2017

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders refused Thursday to hold a special redistricting session demanded by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, calling his decree faulty and unconstitutional.

Politics & Government

U.S. Supreme Court Again Orders Review Of NC Districts

3:54pm May 30, 2017

by Paul Garber

For the second time in two years, the U.S. Supreme Court has told North Carolina's highest court to review the state's political maps.