Law

President Biden and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrate her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Politics & Government

President Biden has made choosing diverse federal judges a priority

5:01am January 02, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

He has set records in his first two years for the sheer numbers of jurists, dozens of them women. He helped confirm 11 Black women to the appeals courts, more than all other presidents combined.

Steven Tyler performs during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in November in Los Angeles. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, a woman alleges she was 16 when the singer first sexually assaulted her.

A woman accused Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting her in the 1970s

5:00am January 02, 2023

by Emma Bowman

A 65-year-old said she first met and was sexually assaulted by the Aerosmith frontman when she was 16, according to a new lawsuit filed under a California law that extended the statute of limitations.

How Trump appointees have helped transform the Fifth Circuit

5:24pm January 01, 2023

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with senior correspondent at Vox, Ian Millhiser, who argues that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is a hotbed of litigation that challenges President Biden's policies.

The overturning of Roe v. Wade made history in 2022

7:59am December 31, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

The constitutional right to abortion ended this year, with clinics closing in states that banned the procedure, and patients who could traveling to states where abortion is allowed.

An unoccupied recovery area, left, and an abortion procedure room are seen at a Planned Parenthood Arizona facility in Tempe, Ariz., on June 30, 2022. On Friday, Dec. 30, the Arizona Court of Appeals concluded that abortion doctors can't be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that criminalizes nearly all abortions.

National

An Arizona court rules abortion doctors can't be prosecuted under pre-statehood law

10:17pm December 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

The law in question was enacted before Arizona became a state, carrying a sentence of two to five years in prison for anyone who assists in an abortion and providing no exceptions for rape or incest.

Politics & Government

Biden grants 6 full pardons as the year comes to a close

4:08pm December 30, 2022

by Elena Moore

President Biden granted clemency to six individuals on Friday who were convicted of a range of crimes.

A file image from 2013 provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows financier Jeffrey Epstein.

National

Epstein's sex trafficking was aided by JPMorgan, a U.S. Virgin Islands lawsuit says

11:23am December 30, 2022

by Scott Neuman

The U.S.V.I. says JPMorgan Chase didn't report Jeffrey Epstein's suspicious financial activities and provided him banking services after his 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor.

National

U.S. Supreme Court will wait until 2023 to hear arguments on border restrictions

7:14am December 30, 2022

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, speaks with NPR's A Martinez about the Supreme Court's decision to maintain border restrictions under a public health order known as Title 42.

Works from 1927 are about to become part of the public domain

5:08am December 30, 2022

by Phil Harrell

Every new year a crop of books, music and films become part of the public domain in the U.S. Jennifer Jenkins of Duke University shares a few of the works from 1927 coming our way.

Bill Cosby at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., on the first day of sentencing in his sexual assault trial on Sept. 24, 2018.

Bill Cosby plans to tour in 2023 even as he faces a new sexual assault lawsuit

6:41pm December 29, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

The news of his tour plans comes just weeks after five women filed another sexual assault lawsuit against the 85-year-old comedian.