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U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for large companies
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Biden administration must stop enforcing a rule that employees at big companies take the COVID vaccine, but permitted vaccine requirements for most health care workers. William Brangham reports.
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Vaccine mandate challenge reveals deep divides in the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday heard lengthy arguments challenging the Biden administration's vaccine and testing requirements in the workplace. The rules at stake are at the heart of the government's pandemic response and could have significant implications for roughly…
Supreme Court allowing Texas abortion ban to remain in place
The court acted Friday, more than a month after hearing arguments over the law that makes abortion illegal after cardiac activity is detected in an embryo.
Supreme Court justices back at court for new term after 19-month pandemic absence
Justice Brett Kavanaugh is participating remotely from his home after testing positive for COVID-19 late last week.
Three controversial cases were brought to the court as emergency motions and were decided without the court's more typical full briefing and oral argument. That process has been called the court's "shadow docket."…
It’s been a year since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. Her seat on the bench is now occupied by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the third judge appointed by former President Donald Trump. On October 4th, the court will resume in-person…
The landmark Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision is functionally overturned in Texas after the Supreme Court did not block enforcement of a new abortion law because of a technicality. Experts say this could set a precedent of lawmakers side-stepping…
The Supreme Court ended the Biden administration's COVID-related ban on evictions, siding with landlords who said the ban put them at risk of irreparable harm. Congress has authorized some $46 billion in rental assistance relief. But Stephanie Sy reports only…
On the heels of the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, Amna Nawaz takes this moment to do a check-in on the U.S.-Mexico border with journalist Robert Moore, founder of the nonprofit news organization El…
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