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Should The Next Supreme Court Justice Be Nominated Before The Election?

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Adam White, a legal scholar at the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute, about what GOP Senators must weigh before voting on the next Supreme Court nominee.

September 21, 2020
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

Ginsburg's Death Sets Up A Pitched Battle Over Abortion Rights

The vacancy on the Supreme Court by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is expected to lead to a fight over abortion rights. Five justices lean conservative compared to three liberal justices.

September 21, 2020
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

News Brief: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies, Pandemic Roundup

With six weeks before the election, President Trump and GOP senators seem determined to confirm a Supreme Court Justice before voters cast ballots. And the U.S. COVID-19 death toll nears 200,000.

September 21, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep and
  • Noel King
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau, waits for a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing to begin in Washington, D.C., in 2019. In July, Ross directed bureau officials to speed up the 2020 census to end counting a month early, on Sept. 30.

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  • National

Census Could Look 'Manipulated' If Cut Short By Trump Officials, Bureau Warned

Curtailing the time for conducting the census in the middle of a pandemic will lead to "fatal data quality flaws that are unacceptable," Census Bureau career officials warned in an internal document.

September 21, 2020
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
The bench draped for the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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  • Law

Supreme Court Mourns Justice Ginsburg

Her chair on the U.S. Supreme Court bench and the bench directly in front of it have been draped with black wool crepe in memoriam.

September 20, 2020
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

White House Plans To Move Quickly To Nominate Supreme Court Justice

President Trump plans to announce a nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week, with just six weeks before Election Day.

September 20, 2020
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

David Sirota: Democrats Have Power To Play Hardball, Too

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Sirota, former speech writer for Sen. Bernie Sanders, about how Democrats may block Republicans from confirming a new Supreme Court justice.

September 20, 2020
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday at age 87.

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  • Politics

Pence Aide On Ginsburg's Deathbed Wish: Nomination Date 'Does Not Lie With Her'

"Today we as a nation mourn the loss of Justice Ginsburg," Marc Short said on CNN. "But the decision of when to nominate does not lie with her."

September 20, 2020
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By:
  • Alana Wise
GPB News NPR

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  • Obituaries

Rabbi Shira Stutman Remembers Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Rabbi Shira Stutman pays tribute to the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Rosh Hashanah celebrations.

September 20, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Obituaries

Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro takes a moment to remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

September 20, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
People gather at the Supreme Court on the morning after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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  • Religion

Jewish Americans Grieve Justice Ginsburg As Jewish New Year Begins

When word of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death spread, many Jews were in services, praying from their homes as congregations broadcast over livestream.

September 20, 2020
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
President Trump speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in July.

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  • Technology

TikTok Ban Averted: Trump Gives Oracle-Walmart Deal His 'Blessing'

U.S. tech company Oracle is joining hands with Walmart to become a technology partner with TikTok, an arrangement that satisfies the White House's concerns over the security of American user data.

September 20, 2020
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Renee-Lauren Ellis, a Washington, D.C.-area attorney, says, "It's dire that something as fundamental as what I do with my body is up for debate still, in 2020."

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  • Politics

Ginsburg's Death A 'Pivot Point' For Abortion Rights, Advocates Say

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sets up a brutal nomination fight, and abortion rights is likely to be a contentious issue.

September 20, 2020
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., rallies the crowd of 2,500 people during a vigil Saturday night for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Ginsburg Vigil Draws Tears, Protests Against McConnell

Sen. Elizabeth Warren forcefully condemned the Senate Majority leader at the vigil: "What Mitch McConnell does not understand is this fight has just begun."

September 20, 2020
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
GPB News NPR

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  • Obituaries

Justice Ginsburg's Hometown Residents Mourn Her Passing

Brooklyn residents who live near Ginsburg's childhood home and are members of her childhood synagogue, mourned the her passing and and her impact on the nation and the neighborhood.

September 20, 2020
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By:
  • Gwynne Hogan
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