Nina Totenberg
@ninatotenberg.bsky.social
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NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent
Even though President Trump may be furious at conservative
#SCOTUS
justices for invalidating his tariffs, he is likely to get his way most of the time. Witness VRA decision & signs from TPS arguments, he's likely to prevail there too.
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Supreme Court appears to lean toward ending TPS for some migrants
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to the Trump administration's move to end temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians in the country.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5804707/supreme-court-tps
about 2 months ago
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Until Trump, presidents of both parties embraced TPS, allowing eligible individuals to temporarily live & work legally in the US. Today
#SCOTUS
hears arguments that could end the program & lead to mass deportations.
www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...
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Supreme Court weighs Trump's effort to end temporary protected status for Haitians, Syrians
At issue is the TPS program, which permits eligible individuals to live and work in the United States if they cannot return to their home countries because of "extraordinary or temporary conditions."
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5794042/supeme-court-tps
about 2 months ago
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What's the future of TPS protections? TPS holders say it's not safe for them to return home. President Trump counters TPS is not subject to review by the courts.
www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...
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Supreme Court weighs Trump's effort to end temporary protected status for Haitians, Syrians
At issue is the TPS program, which permits eligible individuals to live and work in the United States if they cannot return to their home countries because of "extraordinary or temporary conditions."
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5794042/supeme-court-tps
about 2 months ago
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Proponents argue the TPS screening process is rigorous, just "two misdemeanors, you're out" says attorney Ahilan Arulanantham. But opponents like Kansas AG Kris Kobach say the program has effectively become an amnesty.
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Supreme Court weighs Trump's effort to end temporary protected status for Haitians, Syrians
At issue is the TPS program, which permits eligible individuals to live and work in the United States if they cannot return to their home countries because of "extraordinary or temporary conditions."
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5794042/supeme-court-tps
about 2 months ago
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The TPS program allows eligible individuals to live legally in the US because of extraordinary & temporary conditions in their home countries. The Trump Administration heads to
#SCOTUS
today hoping to end the program.
www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...
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Supreme Court weighs Trump's effort to end temporary protected status for Haitians, Syrians
At issue is the TPS program, which permits eligible individuals to live and work in the United States if they cannot return to their home countries because of "extraordinary or temporary conditions."
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5794042/supeme-court-tps
about 2 months ago
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Geofence warrants are the latest showdown between privacy rights and law enforcement. Today
#SCOTUS
considers whether the crime solving technique is constitutional.
www.npr.org/2026/04/27/n...
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Ingenious? Orwellian? Or both? Supreme Court considers constitutionality of 'geofence' warrants
The technique allows police to tap into giant tech-firm databases to find out who was near the scene of a crime and may have been involved.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/27/nx-s1-5777656/supreme-court-geofence-warrants
about 2 months ago
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Imagine a world where law enforcement could figure out who was near the scene of a crime long after the fact. With geofencing, it's possible.
#SCOTUS
to hear arguments of the technique's constitutionality.
www.npr.org/2026/04/26/g...
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The Supreme Court case that could redefine your digital privacy
Police in Virginia used a technique called geofencing to tap into Google's databases to find out who was near the scene of a bank robbery. The Supreme Court will consider whether it is constitutional.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/g-s1-118359/supreme-court-geofencing-explainer-video
about 2 months ago
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Geofence warrants are the latest
#SCOTUS
showdown between privacy rights and law enforcement.
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The Supreme Court case that could end digital privacy | Nina Totenberg
YouTube video by NPR
https://youtu.be/VjdZg-Wr1qY
2 months ago
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The U.S. is one of more than 30 countries with birthright citizenship. Learn about the history of the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause before
#SCOTUS
debates its meaning.
@aclu.org
youtu.be/4QczkEbU8jA
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Trump says birthright citizenship is over. The Supreme Court will decide.
YouTube video by NPR
https://youtu.be/4QczkEbU8jA
3 months ago
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Supporters of President Trump like Sen. Ted Cruz say birthright citizenship is "stupid" because "it incentivizes illegal immigration." The
@aclu.org
counters that the 14th Amendment framers deliberately guaranteed birthright citizenship for anyone born in the USA.
youtu.be/4QczkEbU8jA
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Trump says birthright citizenship is over. The Supreme Court will decide.
YouTube video by NPR
https://youtu.be/4QczkEbU8jA
3 months ago
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Before Wednesday's
#SCOTUS
arguments on birthright citizenship, join me on a stroll through American history. Turns out the Founders wanted lots of immigrants to come to here.
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Trump says birthright citizenship is over. The Supreme Court will decide.
YouTube video by NPR
https://youtu.be/4QczkEbU8jA
3 months ago
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In April,
#SCOTUS
will hear arguments on whether presidents can end protected status for migrants without any review by courts.
www.npr.org/2026/03/16/n...
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Supreme Court to hear expedited arguments on protected status for migrants
The court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting some 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/16/nx-s1-5745069/supreme-court-tps-syria-haiti
3 months ago
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Amid President Trump's anti-immigration push,
#SCOTUS
to hear expedited arguments on protected status for migrants.
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Supreme Court to hear expedited arguments on protected status for migrants
The court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting some 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/16/nx-s1-5745069/supreme-court-tps-syria-haiti
3 months ago
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#SCOTUS
, which already has a lollapalooza term, just added expedited arguments in April to determine if presidents have carte blanche to end Temporary Protected Status for migrants w/o court review.
www.npr.org/2026/03/16/n...
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Supreme Court to hear expedited arguments on protected status for migrants
The court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting some 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/16/nx-s1-5745069/supreme-court-tps-syria-haiti
3 months ago
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Except when war breaks out,
#SCOTUS
 is the hottest beat in town. Discussing it with NYT's
@jodikantor.bsky.social
, WSJ's James Romoser, and Politico's
@joshgerstein.bsky.social
tein.bsky.social
and Ankush Khardori was really fun.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Infiltrating the Supreme Court
A roundtable conversation with top Supreme Court reporters on secrecy at the court, the justices’ ethics and how they do their job at a crucial moment.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/03/03/supreme-court-reporters-secrecy-justices-roundtable-00798523
4 months ago
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After
#SCOTUS
allows massive redistricting in TX & CA, it intervenes in NY case.
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Supreme Court blocks redrawing of New York congressional map, dealing a win for GOP
At issue is the mid-term redrawing of New York's 11th congressional district, including Staten Island and a small part of Brooklyn.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/02/g-s1-112253/supreme-court-new-york-redistricting
4 months ago
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In test case over whether marijuana users can legally possess guns,
#SCOTUS
J. Gorsuch reminds that founding fathers Adams & Jefferson drank way more than was good for them.
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Supreme Court wrestles with gun rights, marijuana, and the right to own a gun
The argument took place in light of the court's 2022 Bruen decision, which held that for a gun law to be constitutional, it must be analogous to a similar law at the nation's founding in the late 1700...
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/02/nx-s1-5732498/supreme-court-marijuana-gun
4 months ago
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President Trump blasts three
#SCOTUS
conservatives who voted against his tariffs, but praises dissenter Justice Kavanaugh as "genius.”
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Trump excoriates Supreme Court justices after tariff loss
The battle over the tariffs began on day one of the president's second term when he signed an executive order that let him impose a wide range of tariffs on virtually every U.S. trading partner.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/21/g-s1-110961/supreme-court-tariffs
4 months ago
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President Trump excoriates conservative justices who didn’t back him at
#SCOTUS
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Trump excoriates Supreme Court justices after tariff loss
The battle over the tariffs began on day one of the president's second term when he signed an executive order that let him impose a wide range of tariffs on virtually every U.S. trading partner.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/21/g-s1-110961/supreme-court-tariffs
4 months ago
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After 6-3
#SCOTUS
loss, enraged President Trump vows to restore tariffs.
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Trump throws a temper tantrum after tariff loss
The battle over the tariffs began on day one of the president's second term when he signed an executive order that let him impose a wide range of tariffs on virtually every U.S. trading partner.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/21/g-s1-110961/supreme-court-tariffs
4 months ago
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AI meets
#SCOTUS
. Â Not sure the 9 will like it.
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AI brings Supreme Court decisions to life
Like it or not, the justices are about to see AI versions of themselves, speaking words that they spoke in court but that were not heard contemporaneously by anyone except those in the courtroom.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/11/nx-s1-5711607/supreme-court-ai
4 months ago
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Yesterday at
#SCOTUS
, President Trump's attorney D. John Sauer spoke over female justices so often Chief Justice Roberts had to intervene.
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
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Supreme Court doubtful of Trump claim he can fire Fed governors by fiat
The Trump administration wants the authority to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor. Experts say that would undermine the independence of the central bank.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5683968/supreme-court-federal-reserve-lisa-cook
5 months ago
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At
#SCOTUS
today, President Trump's attorney D. John Sauer spoke over female justices so often Chief Justice Roberts had to intervene.
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
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Supreme Court doubtful of Trump claim he can fire Fed governors by fiat
The Trump administration wants the authority to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor. Experts say that would undermine the independence of the central bank.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5683968/supreme-court-federal-reserve-lisa-cook
5 months ago
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All nine
#SCOTUS
justices expressed doubts about
#POTUS
claim of absolute power to fire members of the
@federalreserve.gov
Board of Governors.
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
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Supreme Court appears wary of allowing Trump to fire Federal Reserve's Cook
The Trump administration wants the authority to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor. Experts say that would undermine the independence of the central bank.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5683968/supreme-court-federal-reserve-lisa-cook
5 months ago
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Every living
@federalreserve.gov
board chair — aside from Jerome Powell — as well as treasury secretaries and prominent economists from both parties have signed on to Supreme Court briefs urging the justices not to tinker with the Fed’s independence.
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It's showdown time for the Fed's independence at the Supreme Court
At issue are President Trump's efforts to break with 112 years of law and precedent by firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5674893/supreme-court-federal-reserve-lisa-cook
5 months ago
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Trump administration expected to argue once the president has cause to fire a
@federalreserve.gov
board member, that decision is not reviewable by any court.
www.npr.org/2026/01/20/n...
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It's showdown time for the Fed's independence at the Supreme Court
At issue are President Trump's efforts to break with 112 years of law and precedent by firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board.
http://www.npr.org/2026/01/20/nx-s1-5674893/supreme-court-federal-reserve-lisa-cook
5 months ago
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How much power does the president have over the composition of
@federalreserve.gov
Board of Governors? SCOTUS hears arguments on whether President Trump can fire Lisa Cook.
www.npr.org/2026/01/20/n...
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It's showdown time for the Fed's independence at the Supreme Court
At issue are President Trump's efforts to break with 112 years of law and precedent by firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board.
http://www.npr.org/2026/01/20/nx-s1-5674893/supreme-court-federal-reserve-lisa-cook
5 months ago
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#SCOTUS
seems inclined to allow states to bar transgender girls from sports at publicly funded schools, but the ramifications for transgender people are less clear.
@aclu.org
www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
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Supreme Court appears likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes
To date, 27 states have enacted laws barring transgender participation in sports.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/13/nx-s1-5675261/supreme-court-state-bans-trans-athletes
5 months ago
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Transgender participation in sports debated today @SCOTUS. 27 states have enacted laws banning it, contending it gives an unfair advantage to trans girls. For prominent athletes, its personal, with big time female sports figures on both sides.
@aclu.org
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
5 months ago
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The rhetoric around transgender participation in school sports proved very popular for Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, putting Dems on Defense, with 15,000 ads.
5 months ago
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Transgender participation in school sports is very rare. Indeed the girl known as BPJ is apparently the only trans girl in West Virginia who has participated in middle and high school sports.
@aclu.org
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
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5 months ago
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Christmas and Hannukah are here and so are the Nina Totenbags. They are the perfect holiday gift!
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Just in time to be the perfect present for the holidays AND support NPR.... My NPR Tote bag is back!
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7 months ago
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In another
#Trump
admin shadow docket win,
#SCOTUS
majority says "Displaying passport holders' sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth"
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Supreme Court allows Trump to prohibit gender election on passports
The court's decision is not a final ruling, however; it just permits Trump's passport policy to go into effect while litigation continues in the lower courts.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5585103/supreme-court-passports-gender
8 months ago
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#SCOTUS
appears skeptical of Trump tariff arguments, but Trump maintains that if he loses the tariff case, “Our country will be destroyed, and our military would be instantly obliterated.”
www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
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Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump's tariff arguments
At issue is whether the president can bypass Congress and impose tariffs by citing national security.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/05/nx-s1-5599537/supreme-court-trump-tariffs
8 months ago
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Supreme Court seems poised to further undercut the Voting Rights Act
npr.org/2025/10/15/n...
#SCOTUS
#VRA
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Supreme Court seems poised to further undercut the Voting Rights Act
The court's conservative majority could invalidate the section of the Voting Rights Act aimed at ensuring minority voters are not shut out of the process of drawing new congressional district lines.
https://npr.org/2025/10/15/nx-s1-5575101/scotus-voting-rights-arguments
8 months ago
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#SCOTUS
Justice Anthony Kennedy, who stepped down from the court in 2018, earned a reputation as the court’s “swing justice,” bc his vote was so often determinative. But in an interview with NPR, he says, “ the cases swung, not me.”
www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
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'The cases swung, not me': Ex-Justice Kennedy reflects on a changing Supreme Court
In an interview with NPR to be aired in October, Kennedy said he is "very worried" about America today.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/27/nx-s1-5554409/justice-kennedy-book
8 months ago
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Justice Anthony Kennedy, who retired from
#SCOTUS
in 2018, is worried about this country. In an NPR interview the Reagan appointee warns that “Democracy is not guaranteed to survive.”
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
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Former Supreme Court Justice Kennedy's new memoir is unusually revealing
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who stepped down from the court in 2018, has written a book about his life on the court and off. It's far more revealing than most books written by justices.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5551208/former-supreme-court-justice-kennedys-new-memoir-is-unusually-revealing
8 months ago
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#SCOTUS
seems skeptical of limits on conversion therapy for minors during yesterday's oral arguments
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Supreme Court seems highly doubtful of limits on conversion therapy for minors
The court appeared ready to invalidate laws in some two dozen states that bar therapists from practicing a version of therapy that seeks to change a teenager's sexual orientation or gender identity.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/07/nx-s1-5563987/supreme-court-conversion-therapy-colorado
9 months ago
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Humility is being the answer to a jeopardy question —for a second time—and none of the contestants knowing who you are
youtube.com/watch?v=AMeN...
@jeopardyofficial.bsky.social
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Ari Shapiro on Listening | Category | JEOPARDY!
YouTube video by Jeopardy!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AMeNu9ywxLY
9 months ago
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#SCOTUS
upholds Trump firing of FTC Commissioner on shadow docket. Kagan dissents for 3 court libs. “Our emergency docket should not be used, as it has been here, to transfer govt authority from Congress to the Prez & thus to reshape the nation’s separation of powers.”
www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...
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Supreme Court allows Trump to fire -- for now -- remaining Democrat on FTC
At issue is whether the president has the authority to dismiss the heads of those agencies that are protected by Congress.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/22/nx-s1-5550307/supreme-court-ftc-firing
9 months ago
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#SCOTUS
agrees to hear Trump tariff case in November
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Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to some of Trump's sweeping tariffs
The tariffs have become a flashpoint, with two lower courts declaring them illegal, and the president asking the Supreme Court for reversal as soon as possible.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/09/nx-s1-5535813/supreme-court-trump-tariffs
10 months ago
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#SCOTUS
opens the gates for ICE raids to restart in LA and temporarily bars the reinstatement of the sole remaining Democratic member of the FTC
www.npr.org/2025/09/08/n...
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Supreme Court okays ICE raids in LA and the firing of an FTC member
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume immigration raids in Los Angeles. Chief Justice John Roberts also temporarily barred lower courts from reinstating a member of the FTC.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/08/nx-s1-5534293/supreme-court-okays-ice-raids-in-la-and-the-firing-of-an-ftc-member
10 months ago
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Trump won most of last term’s
#SCOTUS
cases, but most were on Shadow Docket and temporary. Now the chickens are coming home to roost & we will see what the court thinks on a truckload of cases it can no longer kick down the road.
www.npr.org/2025/09/03/n...
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Trump administration policies make their way to the Supreme Court
From tariffs to the use of the National Guard in states and the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans -- many of the Trump administration's policies are winding their way to the Supreme Court.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5527073/trump-administration-policies-make-their-way-to-the-supreme-court
10 months ago
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#SCOTUS
: In two days, two more unsigned court orders on emergency docket. Only one directly involved granting a Trump wish.
www.npr.org/2025/07/24/g...
www.npr.org/2025/07/23/n...
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Supreme Court blocks rule that blocks Voting Rights Act for now
The order guarantees voters, at least for now, the ability to sue to enforce rights guaranteed under the landmark 1965 law.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/24/g-s1-79289/supreme-court-blocks-rule-that-blocks-voting-rights-act-for-now
11 months ago
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#SCOTUS
blocks Florida's law banning undocumented people from crossing into the state.
www.npr.org/2025/07/09/n...
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Supreme Court blocks part of Florida's immigration law
Immigrant rights organizations sued the state arguing that its new law conflicts with federal immigration law, and under longstanding Supreme Court precedent, states must bow to federal law in the eve...
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5430357/supreme-court-florida-immigration
12 months ago
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#SupremeCourt
upholds, for now, Trump plan for major govt reorg that would kill many programs authorized by congress and eliminate hundreds of thousands of federal jobs.
www.npr.org/2025/07/08/n...
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Supreme Court allows Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was appointed to the court by President Biden, dissented.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/08/nx-s1-5429615/supreme-court-federal-rifs
12 months ago
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#SCOTUS
agrees to review two cases next term testing state laws banning transgender girls and women from women's sports.
12 months ago
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At the
#SupremeCourt
it's all over, but it's not.
www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...
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The Supreme Court has created an endless summer of work for itself
The court closed its latest term on Friday, but it will still be working on a steady stream of emergency appeals in the coming weeks and months.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5449087/supreme-court-trump-nationwide-injunctions
12 months ago
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