Nina Totenberg

NPR legal correspondent

Nina Totenberg appears in the following:

In a reversal, Supreme Court gives judges, not agency experts, final say on regulation

Tuesday, July 02, 2024

In our wrap of the Supreme Court term, we reflect on the huge number of consequential rulings and explain some of the cases we initially did not have time to cover — including three that will dramatically reshape how financial, environmental and all other regulations work in the United States going forward.

This episode: national political correspondent Sarah McCammon, legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

The podcast is produced by Casey Morell and Kelli Wessinger. Our intern is Bria Suggs. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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Supreme Court upholds federal ban on guns for domestic abusers

Friday, June 21, 2024

The decision was the first major gun ruling since 2022 when the high court broke sharply with the way gun laws had previously been handled by the courts.

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Washington National Opera premieres a new ending to Puccini's final work

Thursday, May 09, 2024

The Washington National Opera prepares to premiere a new ending to Giacomo Puccini's unfinished opera Turandot, subverting the traditional male-dominated narrative.

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Supreme Court to hear historic arguments on Trump's immunity claim

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Former President Donald Trump's attorneys claim he has immunity from criminal charges over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump is making a broad argument for immunity.

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Supreme Court hears challenge to a statute used to try hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided, with conservatives expressing various degrees of skepticism about the statute used to prosecute more than 350 of the Jan. 6th rioters who invaded the capitol.

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Justices seem skeptical of challenge to restrict access to abortion pill

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

The Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case in which anti-abortion doctors are challenging the FDA's regulatory actions making abortion pills more accessible.

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Supreme Court tackles social media and free speech

Monday, March 18, 2024

In a major First Amendment case, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the federal government's ability to combat what it sees as false, misleading or dangerous information online.

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SCOTUS says public officials have the right to block on social media

Friday, March 15, 2024

The Supreme Court ruled that public officials may block people on social media in certain circumstances. The rulings were unanimous.

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SCOTUS rules unanimously in favor of Trump but differ on scope of decision

Monday, March 04, 2024

The Supreme Court justices came together to agree Trump could not be removed from the Colorado ballot, but they are now differing as to how far they would go.

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Supreme Court restores Trump to Colorado primary ballot, rules on state powers

Monday, March 04, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously this morning that the states lacked the authority to disqualify him after his actions three years ago during the siege on the U.S. Capitol.

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The Supreme Court will hear Trump's immunity claim. The implications are vast

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Trump's immunity claim being reviewed by the Supreme Court, has enormous consequences; not just for the former U.S. President, but the American political system, and for the court itself.

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It's unclear whether Supreme Court justices would uphold the ban on gun bump stocks

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

The Supreme Court today puzzled over a federal regulation that outlaws bump stocks, which modify otherwise legal semiautomatic guns into guns that fire as rapidly as 800 bullets in a minute.

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Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies

Friday, December 01, 2023

Sandra Day O'Connor was called "the most powerful woman in America" during her quarter of a century as a Supreme Court justice.

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Florida drag shows win temporary victory in Supreme Court

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law to ban "children" from "adult live performances" that feature sexual conduct. While the law doesn't refer to drag shows, it is widely seen as aimed at them.

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The Supreme Court is now adopting a code of ethics for justices

Monday, November 13, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court is adopting a code of ethics for its justices — a first — amid mounting criticism of gifts and trips from wealthy benefactors to certain justices.

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The Supreme Court adopts first-ever code of ethics

Monday, November 13, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court is adopting a code of ethics for its justices amid mounting criticism of gifts and trips from wealthy benefactors to certain justices.

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High court seems likely to uphold law banning guns for accused domestic abusers

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

If so, the decision would be a small retreat from the Supreme Court's sweeping decision on gun rights last year.

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Supreme Court to decide if gun bans for domestic abusers are constitutional

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

If the federal law falls, so would similar laws in most states, and other important gun laws.

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The Supreme Court will hear a case on protecting domestic violence victims from guns

Saturday, November 04, 2023

Kate Ranta is one of those who filed a brief at the Supreme Court in support of gun restrictions in a case that will be heard next week. She was almost killed by her husband several years ago.

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A man wants to trademark 'Trump too small.' The case has made it to the Supreme Court

Wednesday, November 01, 2023

At the Supreme Court Wednesday, a case asks whether a California lawyer can own a federal trademark covering the phrase "Trump Too Small."

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