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News Articles: Law

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in an important tax case.

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  • Law

Supreme Court hears a case that experts say could wreak havoc on the tax code

A couple who owned a controlling interest in a foreign corporation argue that a controversial Trump-era tax is unconstitutional under the 16th Amendment.

December 05, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

A former U.S. ambassador is charged with being an agent for Cuba

Victor Manuel Rocha, a longtime U.S. diplomat who served as ambassador to Bolivia, has been arrested and charged with being a clandestine agent for the Cuban government. How was he finally caught?

December 05, 2023
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep and
  • Ryan Lucas
U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, Victor Manuel Rocha, talks to the press 11 July 2001.

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  • Law

Former U.S. ambassador charged with being an agent for Cuba

Victor Manuel Rocha was a State Department employee for more than 20 years. Prosecutors say during that time and in the 20 years since, he acted as an illegal agent for Cuba.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Allen
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a challenge to a deal to compensate victims of the opioid epidemic that shield the Sackler family from lawsuits.

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  • Law

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.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a challenge to the deal meant to compensate victims of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin.

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  • Law

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.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Jonathan Majors faces misdemeanor charges of harassment and assaulting a former girlfriend. He's shown above in Los Angeles in October 2021.

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  • Arts & Life

Opening arguments begin in Jonathan Majors trial

The actor, whose Hollywood prospects have been dimmed by accusations of assault, will face a jury in a Manhattan courtroom as opening arguments of his trial begin.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Young Thug attends the 3rd Annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in New York.

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  • Music

The trial against rapper Young Thug has begun, with his lyrics being used as evidence

After months of jury selection, the Fulton County case against the influential rapper known as Young Thug has begun in Atlanta. Prosecutors are using his lyrics as evidence in the racketeering case.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Ayesha Rascoe
Tens of thousands of vehicles pass through the Colorado Rockies a day on busy thoroughfares like Interstate 70.

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  • Environment

Wolves are returning to Colorado. But is it too crowded for them to thrive?

Colorado's booming urban population flipped the state from red to blue, allowing a referendum on reintroducing wolves to pass. But that growing population now may be too big for them to thrive.

December 03, 2023
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump stands on the field during halftime in an NCAA college football game between the University of South Carolina and Clemson Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in Columbia, S.C.

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  • Elections

Federal judge rejects Trump's immunity claims in 2020 election interference case

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan's decision amounts to a sharp rejection to challenges the Trump defense team had raised to the four-count indictment in advance of the trial.

December 01, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse, June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis.

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  • Law

Inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times is charged with attempted murder

John Turscak stabbed Chauvin 22 times at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson and said he would've killed Chauvin had correctional officers not responded so quickly, federal prosecutors say.

December 01, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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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.

December 01, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Then-President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Law

Appeals court says Trump isn't immune from Jan. 6 riot lawsuits

The ruling stems from several lawsuits brought by Capitol Police officers and Democratic members of Congress seeking civil damages from Donald Trump related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021.

December 01, 2023
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
Sandra Day O'Connor as a child.

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  • Law

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.

December 01, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Appeals court upholds actor Jussie Smollett's convictions and jail sentence

An appeals court upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of the "Empire" actor, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying about it to Chicago police.

December 01, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Twenty-four people have been put to death so far in 2023, up from 18 in 2022 and 11 in 2021, according to a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center. The center attributed the increase to Florida's return to executions after a 3-year pause.

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  • Law

Executions are on the rise in the U.S., even as public support wanes

Twenty-four executions have been carried out in 2023 — five more than last year, the Death Penalty Information Center says. Meanwhile, 50% of Americans say the death penalty is applied unfairly.

December 01, 2023
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  • Vanessa Romo
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