Stories by Nina Totenberg
Nina Totenberg
Correspondent, Legal Affairs
By Nina Totenberg
Supreme Court rules that prison guards can't be sued for shaving Rastafarian's head
Nina Totenberg | Jun 23, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC
The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue the guards under a federal law to protect the religious rights of prisoners.
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Supreme Court declines to hear Texas man's intellectual disability case in capital caseNina Totenberg | Jun 22, 2026, 8:13 PM UTC
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Supreme Court sides with a marijuana user who was barred from owning gunsGrady Martin, Nina Totenberg | Jun 18, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC
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The Supreme Court prohibits Alabama from using nitrogen gas for executionGrady Martin, Nina Totenberg | Jun 12, 2026, 1:39 AM UTC
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The Supreme Court is in its final stretch this term. Here are the major cases leftNina Totenberg | Jun 9, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC
The Supreme Court reinstates Republican-favored Alabama congressional districts
The ruling means that Alabama's 2026 midterm elections will feature six Republican-leaning districts and one Democratic-leaning one.
Grady Martin, Nina Totenberg | Jun 3, 2026, 1:45 AM UTC
Supreme Court is death knell for Virginia's Democratic-friendly congressional map
The new map was drawn by Democrats and approved by voters, but Virginia's high court nullified the referendum because lawmakers failed to follow proper procedure to get the issue on the ballot.
Nina Totenberg, Zoë Sobel | May 15, 2026, 10:58 PM UTC
Supreme Court appears to lean toward ending TPS for some migrants
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to the Trump administration's move to end temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians in the country.
Nina Totenberg | Apr 29, 2026, 10:04 PM UTC
Supreme Court weighs Trump's effort to end temporary protected status for Haitians, Syrians
At issue is the TPS program, which permits eligible individuals to live and work in the United States if they cannot return to their home countries because of "extraordinary or temporary conditions."
Nina Totenberg | Apr 29, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC
Ingenious? Orwellian? Or both? Supreme Court considers constitutionality of 'geofence' warrants
The technique allows police to tap into giant tech-firm databases to find out who was near the scene of a crime and may have been involved.
Nina Totenberg | Apr 27, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC
