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Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks

5:14pm June 14, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court has struck down the federal ban on bump stocks, declaring that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority when it banned the devices.

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Alex Jones Speaks To The Media Outside The Sandy Hook Trial In Waterbury, Connecticut

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Alex Jones ordered to sell off his personal assets to pay Sandy Hook families

4:34pm June 14, 2024

by Tovia Smith

Despite the decision by a federal bankruptcy judge, families are likely to get only a tiny fraction of the nearly $1.5 billion in damages Jones owes them for his lies about the 2012 school shooting.

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Attorney General Garland Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee

Justice Department won't pursue contempt charges against Garland

2:49pm June 14, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

House Republicans held the attorney general in contempt for defying a subpoena, but prosecutors said he enjoys a legal shield because the president claimed executive privilege over tapes they sought.

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Supreme Court strikes down federal ban on bump stocks

1:56pm June 14, 2024

The court declared the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority when it banned the devices in 2018.

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Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Abortion Drug Mifepristone

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SCOTUS rejects abortion pill challenge; readers' dads give their best advice

8:07am June 14, 2024

by Suzanne Nuyen

The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a challenge to the FDA's rules for the abortion pill mifepristone. NPR readers share the best advice their dads have given.

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Phoenix police have a pattern of violating civil rights, Justice Dept. report says

7:45pm June 13, 2024

by The Associated Press

Phoenix police discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detain homeless people and use excessive force, according to a sweeping federal civil rights investigation.

The U.S. Supreme Court Poses For Official Group Photo

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Justice Thomas took more trips paid for by GOP donor than he disclosed, senator says

6:32pm June 13, 2024

by NPR Washington Desk

The trips were revealed by a subpoena of Harlan Crow, the conservative mega donor.

Abortion providers back to ‘business as usual’ after high court's mifepristone ruling

5:08pm June 13, 2024

The Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling upholds access to mifepristone, a drug used in more than 60% of abortions. The decision shocked some doctors and abortion rights advocates.

Supreme Court rejects challenge to mifepristone's approval

Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill accessibility

4:44pm June 13, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

The court said that the challengers, a group called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, had no right to be in court at all since neither the organization nor its members could show they had suffered any concrete injury.

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Supreme Court says marketer is not entitled to a trademark for 'Trump too small' T-shirts

1:11pm June 13, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

The decision was a loss for part-time Democratic activist Steve Elster, who contended that the living-person exception to the trademark law violated his right of free speech.