Law

The Supreme Court will hear Trump's immunity claim. The implications are vast

5:07pm February 29, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

Trump's immunity claim being reviewed by the Supreme Court, has enormous consequences; not just for the former U.S. President, but the American political system, and for the court itself.

What is Mitch McConnell's legacy?

5:07pm February 29, 2024

by Susan Davis

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's legacy is defined by his work to push the judiciary to the right.

Hundreds gather for a protest rally in support of in vitro fertilization legislation on Wednesday in Montgomery, Ala.

Alabama Legislature moves to protect IVF services after state court ruling

4:59pm February 29, 2024

by The Associated Press

Alabama lawmakers rushed to protect in vitro fertilization services after fertility clinics shut down in the wake of a ruling that frozen embryos are children under the state wrongful death law.

Politics & Government

The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Trump's prosecution in April

7:24am February 29, 2024

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with constitutional law scholar Kim Wehle about the Supreme Court decision to hear former President Donald Trump's immunity arguments against criminal prosecution.

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Politics & Government

Morning news brief

7:24am February 29, 2024

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Trump immunity case in April. Sen. Mitch McConnell is stepping down from his leadership job. The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 30,000.

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A Brooklyn federal jury delivered guilty verdicts in the trial of Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington in the killing of Run-D.M.C.'s Jason Mizell, Jam-Master Jay, who is shown here in 1986.

2 men are found guilty for the 2002 killing of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay

7:55pm February 28, 2024

by Ayana Archie

Jam Master Jay, one-third of the iconic hip-hop group Run-DMC, was killed in 2002 over a cocaine deal gone bad. A jury found two men guilty of the murder, including his godson.

The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 14.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump immunity case in April

7:49pm February 28, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

The order from the court on Wednesday keeps Trump's prosecution in the Jan. 6 case on hold.

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Supreme Court seems torn over bump stock ban

6:56pm February 28, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

In 2018, the federal government banned bump stocks for that reason, but gun enthusiasts have challenged the regulation in court, contending that only Congress has the power to enact such a ban.

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National

It's unclear whether Supreme Court justices would uphold the ban on gun bump stocks

4:28pm February 28, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court today puzzled over a federal regulation that outlaws bump stocks, which modify otherwise legal semiautomatic guns into guns that fire as rapidly as 800 bullets in a minute.

A view of the Supreme Court at dusk, January 31, 2017.

National

What does the Supreme Court do in the shadows? Find out in Throughline's history quiz

3:01pm February 28, 2024

by Anya Steinberg

How do Supreme Court decisions really get made? Test your knowledge here.