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Supreme Court Seems Divided Over Independent Redistricting Commissions

12:49pm March 03, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

Arizona voters approved a bipartisan commission to draw lines between congressional districts. Now the Supreme Court has been asked to put the legislators back in charge.

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A teenage Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger during the segregation era in Montgomery, Ala.

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Before Rosa Parks, A Teenager Defied Segregation On An Alabama Bus

9:43am March 03, 2015

by Radio Diaries

Claudette Colvin was a 15-year-old student from Montgomery, Ala., when she refused to yield her bus seat to a white passenger. But she has been largely forgotten in civil rights history.

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Supreme Court To Weigh Power Of Redistricting Commissions

5:06pm March 02, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

Although the court has viewed gerrymandering of legislative districts as a practice that deprives citizens of fair representation, it's also thrown up its hands when it comes to policing the practice.

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A cellphone video captured the deadly struggle between Los Angeles police officers and a man on a city sidewalk (in background). Seconds after this image appears in the video, shots were fired that killed the man, a robbery suspect.

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Video Shows LA Police Shot And Killed Man On Sidewalk

1:46pm March 02, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The LAPD says a Taser did not subdue the man, who was struggling with officers on the ground when he was shot to death. Police say the man tried to grab an officer's gun.

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The Challenges Of Jury Selection In The Boston Marathon Bombing Trial

6:39pm February 28, 2015

Is it possible to find an impartial jury to serve in a high-profile trial? NPR's Arun Rath talks with jury consultant Karen Fleming-Ginn about the issues that come up during jury selection.

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9 People Found Dead In Southern Missouri

11:20am February 27, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Police say a gunman is among those who died following a series of shootings in multiple locations Thursday night.

The Affordable Care Act will take center stage at the Supreme Court on March 4.

5 Things To Know About The Latest Supreme Court Challenge To Health Law

9:09am February 27, 2015

by Julie Rovner

Millions of Americans might not be able to afford insurance if the Supreme Court rules the government erred in making subsidies available in all states. Arguments are

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Legalized Pot In D.C. A Symbolic Victory For Marijuana Advocates

9:42pm February 26, 2015

by Martin Austermuhle

It's now legal to smoke pot in the nation's capital, but you can't do so in public and you still can't buy it legally. Despite the restrictions that are greater than other jurisdictions that have legalized marijuana, many advocates of the voter-approved law say it is symbolic in many other ways.

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Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 28. The panel voted Thursday to send her nomination to be U.S. attorney general to the full Senate.

Senate Panel OKs Loretta Lynch Nomination As Attorney General

8:03pm February 26, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

President Obama's nominee cleared a major hurdle to succeed Eric Holder. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-8 to send the nomination to the full chamber, where it is expected to pass.

Defense attorneys for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are now allowed to introduce details regarding their clients' interrogations after the so-called "torture report" was released by the Senate Intelligence Committee late last year.

'Torture Report' Reshapes Conversation In Guantanamo Courtroom

7:12pm February 26, 2015

by David Welna

Last year's release of a Senate report on CIA interrogation practices means lawyers for the accused Sept. 11 plotters can now discuss in court the treatment they say their clients endured.

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