Examining the Supreme Court's use of emergency applications NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Stephen Vladeck of the University of Texas School of Law about the Supreme Court's use of emergency applications — otherwise known as the shadow docket.
Enforcement of the new abortion law in Texas is blocked by a federal judge A federal judge has blocked the state's controversial abortion law, finding it was designed to make it difficult for people to exercise their constitutional rights. Texas will appeal. Carrie Johnson
Supreme Court pushes government after it sought to block testimony in torture case Both liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices pressed the U.S. government's lawyer about why a detainee at Guantanamo Bay couldn't testify about his own torture at the hands of the CIA. Nina Totenberg
Tesla must pay $137 million to a Black employee who sued for racial discrimination Owen Diaz, an elevator operator from 2015 to 2016, said in his lawsuit that he and others were called the N-word by Tesla employees and that he was told to "go back to Africa." Joe Hernandez
The Justice Department will address threats against school officials and staff U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is directing federal authorities to meet with local law enforcement about the spike in violent threats against school board members, teachers and others. Rachel Treisman
U.S. pharmacies are under trial for their involvement in the opioid crisis A federal trial is underway in which CVS, Walgreens, Walmart and Giant Eagle pharmacies are accused of selling pain pills recklessly, helping create a black market for Oxycontin and other drugs. Brian Mann
New trial asks whether big pharmacy chains bear any blame for the opioid epidemic The nation's biggest name-brand pharmacy chains including CVS and Walmart are facing opening arguments in a high-profile opioid trial beginning Monday in Ohio. Brian Mann
Pharmacy chains in Ohio will face trial over their role in the opioid crisis The nation's biggest name-brand pharmacy chains face a high-profile civil trial beginning Monday in Ohio over their role in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic. Brian Mann
The Supreme Court's conservatives cook up a stew of abortion, guns, religion and more If some of the justices greet the new term with great anticipation for a new conservative legal era, others likely are facing the term with dread. Nina Totenberg
A preview of the Supreme Court's new, highly anticipated term The U.S. Supreme Court starts a new term Monday with a menu of high-profile cases, from abortion to gun rights and religious rights. Nina Totenberg