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Does the New York fraud case against Trump go too far?

Prosecutors make their way into the courtroom for the continuation of the civil business fraud trial against former president Donald Trump at New York...

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Does the Constitution disqualify Trump? Don’t bet on it.

Supporters of President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post) Listen 12 min ...

25.09.2023 10

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Menendez deserves no benefit of the doubt regarding his Senate seat

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) on Capitol Hill in August 2022. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 6 min Share ...

24.09.2023 50

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Republicans, Merrick Garland is not the attorney general of Hunter Biden

Attorney General Merrick Garland appears during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 20. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) ...

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How a conservative court ruling could save Hunter Biden

15.09.2023 10

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Alabama goes too far (again) — even for Trump-nominated judges

A line of people wait to enter the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., on Aug. 14, for a hearing regarding the state's redistricting plans. (Kim...

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Behold, if you can bear it, the real contour of post-Roe America

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall speaks with members of the media outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 4, 2022. (Patrick Semansky/AP) ...

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How Trump could win by losing, and delay his trial date

Former president Donald Trump at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Aug. 24. (Alex Brandon/AP) Listen 7 min ...

04.09.2023 2

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Texas judge again orders Southwest lawyers to reeducation camp

A Southwest Airlines aircraft flies past the U.S. Capitol before landing at Reagan National Airport in Arlington in January 2022. (Joshua...

01.09.2023 2

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Giuliani and Navarro know it now: The Trump reckoning has begun

Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media after being booked at the Fulton County Jail on Aug. 23 in Atlanta. (Elijah Nouvelage for The Washington Post) ...

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Their hands don’t lie: Republican candidates trash the trial by jury

At their debate Wednesday in Milwaukee, Republican presidential candidates raise their hands in answer to whether they would support Donald Trump as...

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Is Georgia’s case against Trump one case too many?

Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis in Atlanta in September. (David Walter Banks for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min ...

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Clarence Thomas’s luxury vacations? That’s what friends are for.

Justice Clarence Thomas at the White House in October 2020. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share ...

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A Trump judge sends Southwest Airlines to right-wing reeducation camp

Southwest Airlines planes are seen at Midway International Airport in Chicago in February. (Kiichiro Sato/AP) Listen 8 min ...

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A former federal prosecutor dissects the latest Trump indictment

Mary McCord poses for a portrait on the campus of Georgetown University Law Center in D.C. on Oct. 4, 2021. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) ...

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How Trump will fight back in court

Former president Donald Trump's new lawyer, John Lauro. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) Listen 10 min Comment on this...

06.08.2023 10

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Have legal questions about the Trump indictment? Ask our columnists.

Listen 1 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share Opinion columnists Ruth Marcus and...

05.08.2023 3

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What if George Conway were Trump’s defense lawyer?

Opinion What if George Conway were Trump’s defense lawyer? By Ruth Marcus and  George Conway August 3, 2023 at 6:26...

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The Trump indictment tramples no one’s First Amendment rights

President Donald Trump arrives onstage to speak to supporters near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) ...

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Prosecuting Trump is perilous. Ignoring his conduct would be worse.

Special counsel Jack Smith arrives to announce the indictment of former president Donald Trump during a news conference in Washington on Tuesday....

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No, Justice Alito. Congress should not butt out on Supreme Court ethics.

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New indictment proves Trump never learned the first lesson of Watergate

In a Justice Department photo, stacks of boxes are seen in a ballroom at former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla (U.S....

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If Trump is indicted for Jan. 6, it will be clear why

Supporters of Donald Trump storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (John Minchillo/AP) Listen 6 min Comment on this story ...

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Ramaswamy’s court stunt will harness future justices to partisan goals

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy at the Moms for Liberty Summit in Philadelphia. (Hannah Beier for the Washington Post.) ...

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A legal veteran explains how to fix the Supreme Court’s ethics problem

Jeremy Fogel listens to testimony during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on May 2. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) ...

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A prosecutor analyzes Trump lawyers’ request for indefinite trial delay

Former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event on Saturday in Las Vegas. (John Locher/AP) Listen 10 min Comment on...

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McConnell recasts the high court as ‘independent’ to win votes in 2024

Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) at the White House in Octobe 2018. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 5...

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How long will Americans put up with the court’s originalism?

U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves addresses the University of Virginia School of Law in April 2019. (Sanjay Suchak/UVA Communications) ...

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Top court watcher: This term was marked by a broad expansion of judicial power

Proponents of affirmative action hold signs during a protest at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Saturday. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty...

04.07.2023 4

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A fiery, furious end to an otherwise restrained Supreme Court term

Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Associate Justice Elena Kagan arrive before President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on...

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Supreme Court tosses nearly 50 years of progress on racial equity

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As they near their term’s finale, the justices take a breather

From left, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Ketanji Brown Jackson during a group photo in...

25.06.2023 10

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Sam Alito and his fishy Alaskan getaway

21.06.2023 9

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A former prosecutor explains what surprised her most about Trump’s indictment

Mary McCord, a former federal prosecutor, poses for a portrait at Georgetown University Law Center on Oct. 4, 2021, in D.C. (Jabin Botsford/The...

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Who is not implicated in the Trump indictment? Hillary Clinton.

A photo in charging documents against former president Donald Trump shows what the Justice Department says are boxes of documents stored at...

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The Trump indictment is as delicious as it is disturbing

A photo in charging documents against former president Donald Trump shows what the Justice Department says are boxes of documents stored on the stage...

10.06.2023 10

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On voting rights, the justices followed the law. Shouldn’t be news, but it is.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. at an American Law Institute event in Washington on May 23. (Jose Luis Magana/AP) Listen 5 min ...

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Trump and those classified documents: An indictment unlike any other?

Former president Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in on April 4. (Saul Martinez for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment on...

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I lost 40 pounds on Ozempic. But I’m left with even more questions.

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To fix his court’s ethical woes, Roberts needs to be more like LBJ

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. at an American Law Institute event in Washington on May 23. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) ...

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Clean water ruling again reveals a radical and impatient court

Bethsaida Sigaran, left, her brother Jaime Sigaran, with American Rivers, and Thea Louis, with Clean Water Action, join supporters of the Clean Water...

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Congress decides what it can investigate, not Harlan Crow

Harlan Crow and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. (Bloomberg News) Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment ...

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For one family, Florida abortion law made a devastating loss into ‘torture’

Opinion For one family, Florida abortion law made a devastating loss into ‘torture’ By Ruth Marcus Associate editor | Add...

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Two GOP senators smear a witness to defend Clarence Thomas

Mark L. Wolf, a senior judge for the District of Massachusetts, testifies in Washington on Wednesday. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) ...

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A pointed message from one judge to nine others about affirmative action

U.S. District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton. (Washington Post illustration; photos by U.S. D.C. District Court and iStock) Listen 5 min ...

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At last, a measure of justice for Donald Trump

Supporters of E. Jean Carroll hold signs outside a federal courthouse in New York on Tuesday. (Justin Lane/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Listen...

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‘Another 25K’ for Ginni Thomas? I have questions.

Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, on Capitol Hill in September 2022. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) ...

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Clarence Thomas should get out his checkbook and reimburse Harlan Crow

Activists outside the U.S. Capitol call for the resignation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on April 19. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) ...

04.05.2023 4

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The justices’ ethics are to blame for the court’s legitimacy problems

Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), left, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks during a committee hearing on Tuesday. At right...

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The aggrieved Justice Alito points fingers but offers no proof

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. on Capitol Hill on March 7, 2019. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min ...

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