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Ohio doctors are watching the U.S. Supreme Court on a law requiring emergency care and abortion
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Doctors in Ohio are closely watching a U.S. Supreme Court case involving abortion and a federal law that requires hospitals that receive federal money… Read More
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Ohio University puts a pause on awarding scholarships that may use race as a factor
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Ohio University has paused awarding scholarships for which race may be a criteria in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year. The pause applies… Read More
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The Supreme Court adopts first-ever ethics code
By: Annie Gersh | Nina Totenberg | NPR
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Updated November 13, 2023 at 4:56 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday adopted its first-ever ethics code, bowing to pressure from Congress and the public. All… Read More
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The Supreme Court rejects an appeal from former coal company CEO Don Blankenship
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Tuesday from former coal executive Don Blankenship, who argued that major news outlets defamed him by calling him a “felon.” The justices left… Read More
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Supreme Court to consider abortion pills, guns, social media in its new term
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court formally opened a new term on Monday, with all manner of political lightning rods already on its docket, or on their way…. Read More
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Corporate DEI initiatives are facing cutbacks and legal attacks
By: Andrea Hsu | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Just three years after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis set off a torrent of hiring of chief diversity officers and other such roles, companies are… Read More
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Alabama lost a voting rights case at the Supreme Court. It’s still trying to win
By: Hansi Lo Wang | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The state of Alabama is taking an unusual legal position as it heads into a closely watched court hearing this week about its congressional voting districts. In… Read More
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Affirmative action divided Asian Americans and other people of color. Here’s how
By: Sandhya Dirks | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — In 2015 Edward Blum, the conservative activist behind the push to end affirmative action, stood in front of a group of a dozen or so mostly… Read More
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Supreme Court says First Amendment entitles web designer to refuse same-sex wedding work
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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Updated June 30, 2023 at 11:30 AM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from “forcing a website… Read More
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Supreme Court kills Biden’s student debt plan in a setback for millions of borrowers
By: Nina Totenberg | Meghanlata Gupta | NPR
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Updated June 30, 2023 at 10:42 AM ET Follow NPR’s live coverage for the latest updates and reaction to this opinion. WASHINGTON (NPR) — In a highly anticipated decision, the… Read More
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The Supreme Court directs Ohio’s top court to take another look at a redistricting lawsuit
By: David A. Lieb | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court will take yet another look at the legality of the state’s congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday set aside a… Read More
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With affirmative action gutted for college, race-conscious work programs may be next
By: Elena Moore | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday that effectively ends affirmative action in higher education raises questions about the future of employer-run initiatives and programs that consider race… Read More
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Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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Updated June 29, 2023 at 11:39 AM ET Follow NPR’s live coverage for the latest updates and reaction to this ruling WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court has found… Read More
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The Supreme Court has rejected the Independent State Legislature theory
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that state constitutions can protect voting rights in federal elections and state courts can enforce those provisions, in a key opinion… Read More
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The Supreme Court lets lawsuits over a team doctor’s sexual abuse proceed against Ohio State
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a… Read More
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The Senate holds its Supreme Court ethics hearing this week — with no justices
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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Updated May 1, 2023 at 11:32 AM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Supreme Court ethics reform on Tuesday, as questions continue to… Read More
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Supreme Court extends freeze on changes to abortion pill access until Friday
By: NPR Washington Desk
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday extended until Friday at midnight an administrative stay in an ongoing lower-court fight over the FDA-approved use of the abortion pill… Read More
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Supreme Court looks at whether Medicare and Medicaid were overbilled under fraud law
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could undermine one of the government’s most powerful tools for fighting fraud in government… Read More
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Supreme Court briefly puts on hold lower court’s limits on abortion drug mifepristone
By: Ximena Bustillo | Lexie Schapitl | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has placed a hold on a lower court ruling that restricts access to the abortion drug mifepristone until Wednesday night. Alito… Read More
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The Supreme Court won’t enforce a West Virginia law banning trans athletes from girls’ teams
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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Updated April 6, 2023 at 2:39 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court refused Thursday to intervene in an ongoing case involving West Virginia’s law banning transgender girls… Read More
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Biden’s student loan relief faces its biggest test yet at the Supreme Court
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A handful of Republican-dominated states will ask the Supreme Court on Tuesday to permanently block the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program. The states contend that the… Read More
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Ohio Republicans take their fight over congressional district map to the U.S. Supreme Court
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican leaders in the Ohio House and Ohio Senate have filed an appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Ohio Supreme Court’s… Read More
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The Supreme Court leaves Don Blankenship’s conviction in place
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it won’t review the conviction of former coal CEO Don Blankenship, who was convicted of conspiring to violate safety standards at West Virginia’s… Read More
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Ohio’s Republican Senator confirms no vote on same-sex marriage bill until after November
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill on federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages won’t be voted on in the U.S. Senate until after the November election, though… Read More
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Preventive care such as birth control, anti-HIV medicine challenged in Texas lawsuit
By: Allison Aubrey | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Affordable Care Act has survived many challenges in court, but the case of Kelley v. Becerra – now before a federal judge in Texas –… Read More
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