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Supreme Court Update

Guests:

Nina Totenberg
*NPR's Legal Affairs Correspondent

Terry Pell
*President, Center for Individual Rights (conservative public interest law firm)

Evan Caminker
*Associate Dean, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Ruth Harlow
*Legal Director, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund

Kelly Shackleford
*Chief Counsel of Liberty Legal Institute (non-profit legal group that specializes in first amendment and parental rights litigation)

The Supreme court will decide cases on two long running controversies, whether universities should be allowed to take race into account when admitting students and whether homosexuals can be punished for having sex. In this hour of Talk of the Nation, join Neal Conan for a look at discrimination, reverse discrimination and sodomy laws.

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Nina Totenberg is NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR's critically acclaimed newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.
Neal Conan
Award winning journalist Neal Conan was the final host of Talk of the Nation, which broadcast its final show on June 27, 2013.