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News Articles: Law

The Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court says family can sue over wrong-house raid

A unanimous Supreme Court said a family whose house was wrongly raided by law enforcement can sue.

June 12, 2025
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Harvey Weinstein appears in court in Manhattan for on Thursday, June 5, 2025.

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  • Law

Jury finds Harvey Weinstein guilty in sex crimes case

Weinstein's 2020 conviction on sex crimes in New York was overturned last year. In a new trial, jurors heard allegations from three women.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Ilya Marritz
The Sapelo Island dock as seen on Sept. 21, 2024, aboard a ferry departing the island.

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  • Law

'This tragedy was totally preventable': Sapelo Island dock collapse victims sue, alleging negligence

Attorney Ben Crump has filed a lawsuit over the October 2024 Sapelo Island dock collapse that killed seven attendees of a Gullah Geechee culture festival.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
President Trump, shown at Manhattan criminal court in New York, May 28, 2024, before he was re-elected, reacts as he walks back into the courtroom after a break during closing arguments in his hush money trial.

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  • Politics

Trump's ongoing push to erase his criminal conviction lands in federal appeals court

Wednesday's hearing is another attempt by the president's legal team to have a hush money case moved from New York state court to federal court, in an effort to get the criminal charges dismissed.

June 11, 2025
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
The Supreme Court press corps is again asking Chief Justice John Roberts that the audio of the opinion announcements be streamed online.<br><br>

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  • Law

Supreme Court press corps asks chief justice to live-stream court's opinions

The press corps' letter was sent to the chief justice a year ago, but there has been no response.

June 11, 2025
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Tensions in Los Angeles remain high after the Trump administration called in National Guard against the wishes of city leaders.

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  • National

Retired Marine Corps leader concerned about military deployment in LA

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Walter Gaskin about President Trump's activation of Marines and what comes with following orders on American streets.

June 11, 2025
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Christopher Intagliata,
  • and 1 more
A person waves a Mexican flag in front of California National Guard members standing guard outside a federal building in Los Angeles on Monday.

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  • Politics

California governor says Trump is sowing 'more chaos' by ordering Marines to LA

Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., told NPR that the deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles by President Trump is "an illegal act."

June 10, 2025
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By:
  • Juana Summers,
  • Sarah Handel,
  • and 1 more
Conservative Georgia State Election Board member Janelle King, second from left, voted Sept. 23 to have election board Executive Director Mike Coan. second from right, to look into the claims that led to the DeKalb County Republican Party alleging that several county election board’s are not following the law for reviewing voter eligibility complaints. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder (file photo)

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  • Law

Georgia Supreme Court overturns some election rules, curbing State Election Board's power

Georgia's highest court is overturning four rules passed by the State Election Board, saying that the board overstepped its authority and intruded on lawmaking power reserved for legislators under Georgia's constitution.

June 10, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Federal judges have stood as checks on President Trump's power — but law clerks say behind closed doors, some created toxic, fear-driven workplaces where speaking out could end a career.

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  • Investigations

Federal judges are powerful. Some of their law clerks describe a toxic work culture

Federal judges have stood as checks on Trump's power — but law clerks say behind closed doors, some created toxic, fear-driven workplaces where speaking out could end a career.

June 10, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
A federal judge in New York said Baldoni's defamation lawsuit against his <em>It Ends With Us</em> co-star Blake Lively failed to show actual malice.

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  • Movies

Justin Baldoni's $400 million defamation suit against Blake Lively dismissed

Baldoni's $400 million lawsuit was in response to Lively accusing him of sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us.

June 10, 2025
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
California Highway Patrol officers attempt to control crowds on the 101 Freeway during an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. Protests erupted after a wave of federal immigration raids began around the city, with National Guard troops deployed despite objections from local officials.

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  • National

What powers does Trump have to send troops to cities — even if they don't want them?

President Trump ordered California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to quell anti-immigration enforcement protests. Experts explain the laws that enable him to make this extraordinary move.

June 10, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Courtroom

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  • Law

Pam Bondi's brother overwhelmingly defeated in heated race to lead the D.C. Bar

The race became a microcosm for the clashes and pressures on the American legal system this year, in part because one of the two top candidates is the younger brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi.

June 09, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Donald Trump invoked emergency powers more times in his first 100 days in office than any other modern president has done during the same time period.

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  • Politics

What Trump's national emergencies could mean for American democracy

Trump invoked emergency powers more times in his first 100 days than any other modern president has in that time. Experts worry it could lead to an upending of the constitutional balance of power.

June 09, 2025
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Starting this fall, NCAA Division I schools will be able to pay players directly up to a salary cap of $20.5 million.

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  • Sports

With $2.7 billion settlement approved, college sports' big money era is officially here

The settlement in House v. NCAA brings an end to the NCAA's long-standing tradition of amateurism. Starting this fall, schools will be able to pay players directly up to a salary cap of $20.5 million.

June 06, 2025
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Jennifer Vasquez Sura speaks during an April 4 news conference at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., after her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

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  • USPS

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported to El Salvador, is back in the U.S. to face smuggling charges

Abrego Garcia faces criminal charges for allegedly transporting migrants without legal status around the country, according to a Justice Department indictment.

June 06, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo
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