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News Articles: Supreme Court

No justices dissented in Monday's Supreme Court decision that preserved the qualified immunity doctrine in two cases involving allegations of excessive force by police officers.

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  • Law

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of officers accused of excessive force

Advocates have called for the court or Congress to reform the qualified immunity doctrine, the controversial legal defense that protects police from liability when accused of misconduct.

October 19, 2021
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
In costume outside the state capitol

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  • Politics

How Mississippi court case could pave way for new abortion bans across the U.S.

Georgia’s law, which also includes a tax break for expecting parents and other so-called “personhood” provisions, has never taken effect. A federal judge blocked the law last year, which is a decision the state then appealed. Women can still access abortion services in Georgia until 20 weeks into a pregnancy.

October 15, 2021
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By:
  • Laura Olson
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1 in the case <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization</em>, which has the potential to pose a serious challenge to <em>Roe v. Wade.</em>

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  • National

The Supreme Court Sets A Date For Arguments In Case That Could Challenge Roe V. Wade

On Dec. 1, the court will hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The Mississippi case tests whether all state laws that ban pre-viability abortions are unconstitutional.

September 20, 2021
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks Sunday at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center in Kentucky. She told an audience that "judicial philosophies are not the same as political parties."

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  • Law

Justice Amy Coney Barrett Insists That The Supreme Court's Rulings Aren't Partisan

The newest justice — picked by former President Donald Trump to fill the seat left open by Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death — said, "I think we need to evaluate what the court is doing on its own terms."

September 14, 2021
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By:
  • Brian Naylor
President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Washington. Biden is announcing sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Biden, Kemp Clash Over Federal Order For Businesses To Mandate Vaccination

Monday on Political Rewind: Businesses across the state are trying to determine how to comply with President Joe Biden’s new vaccine order. It tells companies with more than 100 workers that they need to require vaccines. Meanwhile, faculty and students at more than a dozen Georgia public universities are planning a series of demonstrations protesting the lack of mask mandates.

September 13, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
The new law in Texas is one of the most strict abortion bans in the nation.

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  • National

Texas Law That Bans Abortion Before Many Women Know They're Pregnant Takes Effect

The law also allows private citizens to sue abortion providers and anyone else who helps a woman obtain an abortion, including those who give a woman a ride to a clinic.

September 01, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Nina Totenberg
Choices-Memphis Center for Reproductive Health is one of two abortion clinics in the Memphis metro area, with a population of 1.3 million.

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  • Health

Long Drives, Costly Flights, And Wearying Waits: What Abortion Requires In The South

Restrictive abortion laws across the South mean more women are traveling across state lines to find safe services.

August 02, 2021
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  • Sarah Varney
Gov. Brian Kemp gave his 2021 State of the State address in January from the General Assembly.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Violent Crime In Ga.; Kemp's Cash Haul A Formidable Warning To Potential Opponents

Wednesday on Political Rewind: As Gov. Brian Kemp prepares to formally launch his bid for reelection later this week, his campaign sends a warning signal to those looking to challenge him. Also, a USDA report shows the extent to which black farmers struggle for help to keep their businesses alive.

July 07, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Gloucester County High School senior Gavin Grimm, a transgender student, arrives for a news conference in Richmond, Va., Monday, March 6, 2017. The Supreme Court is handing the Gloucester High School transgender teen's case back to a lower court without reaching a decision. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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  • News

LGBTQ Georgians React To SCOTUS Decision To Uphold Transgender Bathroom Ruling

The Supreme Court gave the LGBTQ community a victory on Monday, declining to hear a case centered around the use of restrooms by transgender students. Now, queer Georgians are reacting.

July 01, 2021
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  • Sarah Rose
LGBTQ advocates outside the Supreme Court in 2019

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  • Law

Supreme Court Sides With Catholic Agency in LGBTQ Foster Care Debate

Though this case is not set to have an immediate impact on couples looking to adopt a child in Georgia, it highlights the push and pull between elements of the state government eager to push religious liberty legislation and local governments seeking to enshrine LGBTQ protections in local ordinance.

June 18, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
The Lighthouse Police department is small — just 63 officers total and a dispatch team. The Muscogee Nation is looking to hire more officers and prosecutors to meet law enforcement demands.

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  • National

The Muscogee Nation Wants Its Policing To Focus On Prevention Along With Enforcement

A 2020 Supreme Court decision returned policing and prosecutions to tribal authorities, and the Muscogee Nation's tribal police want to interact differently with the community.

May 24, 2021
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By:
  • Allison Herrera
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense.

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  • Law

Supreme Court To Take Up 1st Major Gun Rights Case In More Than A Decade

At issue is how much the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to carry concealed weapons outside their home for self-defense. The case will likely be argued in the fall.

April 26, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman and
  • Nina Totenberg
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts broke with his colleagues on the court, filing a solo dissent for the first time in his nearly 16 years on the bench.

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  • Law

Roberts Accuses Supreme Court Justices Of 'Turning Judges Into Advice Columnists'

In an 8-1 vote, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of two former students blocked from expressing religious opinions on campus. But Roberts protested keeping the case alive after the college caved.

March 08, 2021
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Students chat while waiting for history class to start at Oak Ridge High School in September of 1955, when the once all-white high school was desegregated by order of the Atomic Energy Commission. The Tennessee city's school board is now formally including the story of its integration in its curriculum.

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  • Race

Oak Ridge, Tenn., Will Teach History Of Its Black Students Who Helped End Segregation

"Today almost no one in America knows about this landmark Civil Rights achievement," the city council said last year, in a proclamation honoring the Oak Ridge 85.

February 23, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Joe and Jill Biden attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning before his inauguration.

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  • Religion

Biden Is Catholic. He Also Supports Abortion Rights. Here's What That Could Mean

President Biden is only the nation's second Catholic president, but his position on abortion rights is at odds with the church.

January 24, 2021
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  • Sarah McCammon
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