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  • The Supreme Court's Trump Dilemma

    The Supreme Court's Trump Dilemma
    May 24 2025
    The Supreme Court has become the focal point of the legal battle over President Donald Trump's executive authority – and presidential power more broadly.

    Few reporters are as prepared as NPR's Nina Totenberg to report on this unique moment.

    Over the last fifty years, Totenberg established herself as the preeminent Supreme Court reporter in America. She's broken countless stories – including allegations of sexual harassment by Clarence Thomas during the justice's 1991 confirmation hearings.

    For this week's Reporter's Notebook host Scott Detrow speaks with Totenberg about this crucial moment in the court's history and consequential cases she has covered over the years.

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    13 mins
  • Can Trump suspend habeas corpus?

    Can Trump suspend habeas corpus?
    May 23 2025
    Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem got a pop quiz at a senate hearing this week. The question came from Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan, of New Hampshire.

    Hassan asked Noem to to explain habeas corpus.

    For the record, habeas corpus is the legal principle, enshrined in the Constitution, that protects people from illegal detention.

    The reason that this bit of Latin is under discussion – is because the Trump administration says it's considering suspending habeas corpus.

    This core constitutional protection has been an obstacle to the President's mass deportation plan.

    Habeas corpus is a principle that's hundreds of years older than America itself.

    What would it mean if the President suspended it? And could he, under the Constitution?

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    9 mins
  • Two Israeli embassy staffers killed amid a rise in antisemitism

    Two Israeli embassy staffers killed amid a rise in antisemitism
    May 22 2025
    Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim worked for the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.

    This weekend, they were slated to go to Jerusalem — Milgrim was to meet Lischinsky's family for the first time. According to Israeli ambassador Yechiel Leiter, Lischinsky had bought a ring and was planning to propose.

    Instead, they were gunned down outside an event at the Capitol Jewish Museum on Wednesday night.

    The killing comes aside a rise in antisemitic incidents. Daniel Shapiro, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, reacts to the news.

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    10 mins

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