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Supreme Court weighs whether law enforcement can be held accountable for raid on wrong house

5:00am April 29, 2025

It's not easy to bring such cases. That's because the federal government is generally immune from being sued, except in certain circumstances set out by Congress.

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court To Block Order To Return Mistakenly Deported Man

Supreme Court to hear school disability discrimination case

5:00am April 28, 2025

by Nina Totenberg

At issue is a case testing the reach of federal laws that promise special help for children with disabilities in public schools. Specifically: What do parents have to prove in order to get that specialized help?

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Supreme Court leans toward parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools

5:16pm April 22, 2025

At the center of the case is the school system in Montgomery County, Md., the most religiously diverse county in the U.S., with 160,000 students of almost all faiths.

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Supreme Court Releases Final Opinions Of The Term

Supreme Court weighs who should decide public school curriculum: Judges or school boards?

5:00am April 22, 2025

by Nina Totenberg

At issue is whether school systems are required to allow parents to opt their kids out of classes because of religious objections to classroom materials.

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Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under Alien Enemies Act

8:07pm April 18, 2025

In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Texas "until further order of this court."

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Clash between Trump and the courts sparks questions of a constitutional crisis

5:53pm April 18, 2025

by Nina Totenberg

Every day it seems new conflicts arise between President Trump and the courts. Prompting another round of the question: Are we in a constitutional crisis?

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Trump Administration Challenges Courts On Deportations

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Supreme Court to hear challenge to Trump's birthright citizenship order in May

2:20pm April 17, 2025

President Trump issued an executive order on day one of his administration that sought to limit birthright citizenship. That idea is widely considered a fringe view because the Supreme Court ruled to the contrary 127 years ago, and that decision has never been disturbed.

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The risk Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case poses for citizens, according to legal scholar

4:30am April 15, 2025

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin talks with constitutional scholar Kim Wehle about President Trump's refusal to demand the return of a wrongly deported Salvadoran national, despite a Supreme Court order.

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Hispanic Caucus Members Demand Return Of Immigrant Deported To El Salvador Prison

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Supreme Court says Trump officials should help return wrongly deported Maryland man

7:15pm April 10, 2025

The Supreme Court ordered the administration to "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly taken to El Salvador and remains in custody there.

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Supreme Court lets Trump move forward with firing thousands of federal workers

12:38pm April 08, 2025

The Supreme Court's stay, which allows the administration to execute the firings for now, while it litigates in federal court, does not mean the terminations were lawful.

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