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The Supreme Court overruled decades of administrative law. What happens now?

10:05pm June 29, 2024

by Scott Detrow

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with law professor Jody Freeman about what the Supreme Court's overturning of the Chevron case means for how federal agencies can regulate.

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After Roe v Wade, Supreme Court overturns another major legal precedent

4:15pm June 29, 2024

by Danielle Kurtzleben

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben asks Harvard Law professor Andrew Mergen about the Supreme Court's decision to overrule the "Chevron doctrine."

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Supreme Court overturns opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma that shielded Sacklers

9:48am June 29, 2024

Relatives of overdose victims felt uncertainty and frustration after the Supreme Court overturned a controversial settlement with Purdue. It could delay funds for communities battling addiction.

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Daniel Robinson vanished 3 years ago. His father still hopes for his safe return

6:03am June 29, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

Despite leads from the public that have poured in over the last three years, there have been no solid answers regarding the 24-year-old geologist’s disappearance in Arizona on June 23, 2021.

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Alec Baldwin’s case on track for trial in July as judge denies request to dismiss

12:55am June 29, 2024

by The Associated Press

A judge denied a request to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing.

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We break down the overturning of the Chevron doctrine

9:55pm June 28, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

In a momentous decision that will affect vast swaths of American life, the Supreme Court made it far more difficult for federal agencies to issue rules that carry out broad mandates from Congress.

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3 women say Kentucky’s abortion laws are at odds with their Jewish faith in lawsuit

9:55pm June 28, 2024

by Sylvia Goodman

A group of Jewish women is challenging Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban, saying it violates their religious beliefs. Similar lawsuits are advancing in Indiana and Missouri.

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Supreme Court limits a legal tool the DOJ has used to prosecute Jan. 6 defendants

9:55pm June 28, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

The Supreme Court has narrowed the Justice Department's use of an obstruction law to prosecute people who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Supreme Court says cities can punish people for sleeping outside

7:05pm June 28, 2024

by Jennifer Ludden

The U.S. Supreme Court says cities can punish people for sleeping and camping in public places, overturning lower court rulings that deemed it cruel and unusual.

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Supreme Court just made it harder for federal agencies to regulate in sweeping ruling

6:50pm June 28, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

The decision overturned Chevron v. The Natural Resources Defense Council, a 1984 decision that was not particularly controversial when it was announced 40 years ago.

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