Nina Totenberg
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Yesterday at #SCOTUS, President Trump's attorney D. John Sauer spoke over female justices so often Chief Justice Roberts had to intervene. www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
Supreme Court doubtful of Trump claim he can fire Fed governors by fiat
The Trump administration wants the authority to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor. Experts say that would undermine the independence of the central bank.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Yesterday at #SCOTUS, President Trump's attorney D. John Sauer spoke over female justices so often Chief Justice Roberts had to intervene. www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
At #SCOTUS today, President Trump's attorney D. John Sauer spoke over female justices so often Chief Justice Roberts had to intervene. www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
Supreme Court doubtful of Trump claim he can fire Fed governors by fiat
The Trump administration wants the authority to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor. Experts say that would undermine the independence of the central bank.
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January 22, 2026 at 12:11 AM
At #SCOTUS today, President Trump's attorney D. John Sauer spoke over female justices so often Chief Justice Roberts had to intervene. www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
All nine #SCOTUS justices expressed doubts about #POTUS claim of absolute power to fire members of the @federalreserve.gov Board of Governors. www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
Supreme Court appears wary of allowing Trump to fire Federal Reserve's Cook
The Trump administration wants the authority to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor. Experts say that would undermine the independence of the central bank.
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January 21, 2026 at 11:37 PM
All nine #SCOTUS justices expressed doubts about #POTUS claim of absolute power to fire members of the @federalreserve.gov Board of Governors. www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
Every living @federalreserve.gov board chair — aside from Jerome Powell — as well as treasury secretaries and prominent economists from both parties have signed on to Supreme Court briefs urging the justices not to tinker with the Fed’s independence. www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
It's showdown time for the Fed's independence at the Supreme Court
At issue are President Trump's efforts to break with 112 years of law and precedent by firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Every living @federalreserve.gov board chair — aside from Jerome Powell — as well as treasury secretaries and prominent economists from both parties have signed on to Supreme Court briefs urging the justices not to tinker with the Fed’s independence. www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
Trump administration expected to argue once the president has cause to fire a @federalreserve.gov board member, that decision is not reviewable by any court. www.npr.org/2026/01/20/n...
It's showdown time for the Fed's independence at the Supreme Court
At issue are President Trump's efforts to break with 112 years of law and precedent by firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Trump administration expected to argue once the president has cause to fire a @federalreserve.gov board member, that decision is not reviewable by any court. www.npr.org/2026/01/20/n...
How much power does the president have over the composition of @federalreserve.gov Board of Governors? SCOTUS hears arguments on whether President Trump can fire Lisa Cook. www.npr.org/2026/01/20/n...
It's showdown time for the Fed's independence at the Supreme Court
At issue are President Trump's efforts to break with 112 years of law and precedent by firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:11 PM
How much power does the president have over the composition of @federalreserve.gov Board of Governors? SCOTUS hears arguments on whether President Trump can fire Lisa Cook. www.npr.org/2026/01/20/n...
#SCOTUS seems inclined to allow states to bar transgender girls from sports at publicly funded schools, but the ramifications for transgender people are less clear. @aclu.org www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
Supreme Court appears likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes
To date, 27 states have enacted laws barring transgender participation in sports.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
#SCOTUS seems inclined to allow states to bar transgender girls from sports at publicly funded schools, but the ramifications for transgender people are less clear. @aclu.org www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
Transgender participation in sports debated today @SCOTUS. 27 states have enacted laws banning it, contending it gives an unfair advantage to trans girls. For prominent athletes, its personal, with big time female sports figures on both sides. @aclu.org www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
January 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Transgender participation in sports debated today @SCOTUS. 27 states have enacted laws banning it, contending it gives an unfair advantage to trans girls. For prominent athletes, its personal, with big time female sports figures on both sides. @aclu.org www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
Now #SCOTUS hears a challenge to laws in 27 states that ban transgender participation in sports. @aclu.org www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Now #SCOTUS hears a challenge to laws in 27 states that ban transgender participation in sports. @aclu.org www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
The rhetoric around transgender participation in school sports proved very popular for Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, putting Dems on Defense, with 15,000 ads.
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The rhetoric around transgender participation in school sports proved very popular for Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, putting Dems on Defense, with 15,000 ads.
Today @SCOTUS, the state defends its trans ban, arguing that biological differences “matter on the field,” giving trans girls an unfair advantage.
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Today @SCOTUS, the state defends its trans ban, arguing that biological differences “matter on the field,” giving trans girls an unfair advantage.
Transgender participation in school sports is very rare. Indeed the girl known as BPJ is apparently the only trans girl in West Virginia who has participated in middle and high school sports. @aclu.org www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
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January 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Transgender participation in school sports is very rare. Indeed the girl known as BPJ is apparently the only trans girl in West Virginia who has participated in middle and high school sports. @aclu.org www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
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In another #Trump admin shadow docket win, #SCOTUS majority says "Displaying passport holders' sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth"
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Supreme Court allows Trump to prohibit gender election on passports
The court's decision is not a final ruling, however; it just permits Trump's passport policy to go into effect while litigation continues in the lower courts.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
In another #Trump admin shadow docket win, #SCOTUS majority says "Displaying passport holders' sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth"
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#SCOTUS appears skeptical of Trump tariff arguments, but Trump maintains that if he loses the tariff case, “Our country will be destroyed, and our military would be instantly obliterated.”
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Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump's tariff arguments
At issue is whether the president can bypass Congress and impose tariffs by citing national security.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
#SCOTUS appears skeptical of Trump tariff arguments, but Trump maintains that if he loses the tariff case, “Our country will be destroyed, and our military would be instantly obliterated.”
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Supreme Court seems poised to further undercut the Voting Rights Act
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Supreme Court seems poised to further undercut the Voting Rights Act
The court's conservative majority could invalidate the section of the Voting Rights Act aimed at ensuring minority voters are not shut out of the process of drawing new congressional district lines.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Supreme Court seems poised to further undercut the Voting Rights Act
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#SCOTUS Justice Anthony Kennedy, who stepped down from the court in 2018, earned a reputation as the court’s “swing justice,” bc his vote was so often determinative. But in an interview with NPR, he says, “ the cases swung, not me.”
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'The cases swung, not me': Ex-Justice Kennedy reflects on a changing Supreme Court
In an interview with NPR to be aired in October, Kennedy said he is "very worried" about America today.
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October 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
#SCOTUS Justice Anthony Kennedy, who stepped down from the court in 2018, earned a reputation as the court’s “swing justice,” bc his vote was so often determinative. But in an interview with NPR, he says, “ the cases swung, not me.”
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Justice Anthony Kennedy, who retired from #SCOTUS in 2018, is worried about this country. In an NPR interview the Reagan appointee warns that “Democracy is not guaranteed to survive.”
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Former Supreme Court Justice Kennedy's new memoir is unusually revealing
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who stepped down from the court in 2018, has written a book about his life on the court and off. It's far more revealing than most books written by justices.
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October 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Justice Anthony Kennedy, who retired from #SCOTUS in 2018, is worried about this country. In an NPR interview the Reagan appointee warns that “Democracy is not guaranteed to survive.”
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#SCOTUS seems skeptical of limits on conversion therapy for minors during yesterday's oral arguments
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Supreme Court seems highly doubtful of limits on conversion therapy for minors
The court appeared ready to invalidate laws in some two dozen states that bar therapists from practicing a version of therapy that seeks to change a teenager's sexual orientation or gender identity.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#SCOTUS seems skeptical of limits on conversion therapy for minors during yesterday's oral arguments
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#SCOTUS upholds Trump firing of FTC Commissioner on shadow docket. Kagan dissents for 3 court libs. “Our emergency docket should not be used, as it has been here, to transfer govt authority from Congress to the Prez & thus to reshape the nation’s separation of powers.”
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Supreme Court allows Trump to fire -- for now -- remaining Democrat on FTC
At issue is whether the president has the authority to dismiss the heads of those agencies that are protected by Congress.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
#SCOTUS upholds Trump firing of FTC Commissioner on shadow docket. Kagan dissents for 3 court libs. “Our emergency docket should not be used, as it has been here, to transfer govt authority from Congress to the Prez & thus to reshape the nation’s separation of powers.”
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#SCOTUS opens the gates for ICE raids to restart in LA and temporarily bars the reinstatement of the sole remaining Democratic member of the FTC www.npr.org/2025/09/08/n...
Supreme Court okays ICE raids in LA and the firing of an FTC member
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume immigration raids in Los Angeles. Chief Justice John Roberts also temporarily barred lower courts from reinstating a member of the FTC.
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September 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
#SCOTUS opens the gates for ICE raids to restart in LA and temporarily bars the reinstatement of the sole remaining Democratic member of the FTC www.npr.org/2025/09/08/n...