Nina Totenberg

NPR legal correspondent

Nina Totenberg appears in the following:

Supreme Court dives into pop culture with Warhol, Prince and Norman Lear

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

The question in the case was whether Andy Warhol's renditions of Prince were transformative under the copyright law, and thus do not infringe on photographer Lynn Goldsmith's copyright.

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The Supreme Court meets Andy Warhol, Prince and a case that could threaten creativity

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Images Andy Warhol created of Prince are at the heart of a case the Supreme Court will examine on Wednesday. Warhol used a black-and-white portrait taken by Lynn Goldsmith as a reference point.

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Pigs can't fly, but they can produce tough legal questions at the Supreme Court

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

The case pitted most of the pork producers in the U.S. against a California law enacted by referendum by lopsided margins.

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The Supreme Court hears the pork industry's case against an animal welfare law

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case where the pork industry is challenging the constitutionality of a California animal welfare law.

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She took a photo of Prince that Andy Warhol used. It's about to change the course of copyright

Sunday, October 09, 2022

In a twist, one case before the U.S. Supreme Court this term involves Andy Warhol and 1981 photo of the musician Prince.

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Supreme Court conservatives may strike another blow to landmark Voting Rights Act

Tuesday, October 04, 2022

At issue in Tuesday's case was Alabama's congressional redistricting plan, adopted by the Republican state legislature after the 2020 Census.

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Supreme Court hears arguments in case that could further decimate Voting Rights Act

Tuesday, October 04, 2022

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether a congressional map drawn by Alabama lawmakers violated the Voting Rights Act.

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The landmark Voting Rights Act faces further dismantling at the Supreme Court

Tuesday, October 04, 2022

The law is once again on the chopping block ­— this time on the question of how state legislatures may draw congressional district lines when the state's voters are racially polarized.

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The Supreme Court returns with a busy day of arguments, orders and a new justice

Monday, October 03, 2022

The court heard arguments in a major case pitting environmental regulators against property rights advocates backed by industries with a history of pollution.

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Supreme Court opens starts new term by hearing case involving Clean Water Act

Monday, October 03, 2022

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case involving the scope of the Clean Water Act. The justices also said they will hear arguments next year involving the Telecommunications Act.

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The Supreme Court will begin a new term with more contentious cases on its docket

Monday, October 03, 2022

The fate of affirmative action programs in college admissions, redistricting and elections are in the hands of the justices as the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term.

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Nina and Ruth

Thursday, September 15, 2022

NPR's Nina Totenberg on her 50-year friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Samuel Alito, a workhorse on the Supreme Court, shapes its conservative path

Wednesday, August 03, 2022

The justice has played a key role on the court, often leading the charge not just on abortion, but for expanded religious rights, against LGBTQ rights, against expanded voting rights, and more

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The U.S. Supreme Court term in review

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg, SCOTUS Blog Founder Tom Goldstein and Constitutional law scholar Jamal Greene about this year's historic Supreme Court term.

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The Supreme Court is the most conservative in 90 years

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

In an astounding 62% of the decisions, conservatives prevailed, and more importantly, often prevailed in dramatic ways, according to new data.

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Supreme Court to take on controversial election-law case

Thursday, June 30, 2022

At issue is a legal theory that would give state legislatures unfettered authority to set the rules for federal elections, free of supervision by the state courts and state constitutions.

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Supreme Court sides with the Biden administration in 'Remain in Mexico' case

Thursday, June 30, 2022

On a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the Biden administration a victory, allowing it to rescind the Trump-era Remain in Mexico policy.

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Supreme Court restricts the EPA's authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions

Thursday, June 30, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emissions from existing power plants.

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The Supreme Court still has 2 opinions to announce before the term ends

Thursday, June 30, 2022

One of the most consequential Supreme Court terms in recent memory still has two major cases left on the docket — cases that could alter the political landscape on immigration and the environment.

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Supreme Court hands defeat to Native American Tribes in Oklahoma

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Only recently did the court rule that the eastern half of Oklahoma is on tribal land, and that the state could not bring criminal prosecutions there without the consent of the Indian tribes there.

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