Nina Totenberg
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National
Supreme Court leaves Illinois semiautomatic gun ban in place
Two lower courts have upheld the law, and Thursday's Supreme Court action marked the second time in six months that the justices have declined to intervene.
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Supreme Court to hear abortion pill case
The court's action sets up a collision between the Food and Drug Administration's 23-year study and supervision of mifepristone, and the circumstances under which it can be prescribed.
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High Court, in declining to weigh conversion therapy ban, allows law to stand
In doing so, the court left standing a lower court decision that upheld the state's ban on a therapy that the American Medical Association says "is not based on medical and scientific evidence."
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Supreme Court seems inclined to leave major off-shore tax in place on investors
Their eventual decision in the case could severely limit congressional options in enacting tax policy, and it could cost the federal government trillions of dollars in corporate taxes.
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It's money v. principle in Supreme Court opioid case
The justices struggled to decide whether to give a thumbs up or thumbs down to the multi-billion dollar Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal--a deal meant to compensate victims of OxyContin.
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Purdue Pharma, Sacklers' OxyContin settlement lands at the Supreme Court
Under the deal, Purdue agreed it owed $8 billion in criminal and civil fines. That deal is at the center of Monday's case because it releases the Sacklers from personal liability.
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The personal Sandra Day O'Connor: A backstage force and front stage star
Whether the subject was affirmative action, states' rights, campaign finance, national security or abortion, hers was often the voice that spoke for the court.
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National
Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies
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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National
The Supreme Court is now adopting a code of ethics for justices
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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High court seems likely to uphold law banning guns for accused domestic abusers
If so, the decision would be a small retreat from the Supreme Court's sweeping decision on gun rights last year.