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JD Vance is a dangerous, disciplined shape-shifter

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Women are not ‘community property,’ a Georgia judge rules

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‘A true friend of Turkey’: Four writers on the Eric Adams indictment

28.09.2024 30

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Harris is wrong about eliminating the filibuster for abortion rights

26.09.2024 20

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Preemptively blaming Jews, Trump crosses a dangerous line

Donald Trump has always had an odd — and, frankly, offensive — way of talking to and about Jews. As much as he seeks to inoculate himself from any...

23.09.2024 400

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Abortion ruling leads to an all-too-preventable death in Georgia

21.09.2024 100

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Time is running out to put Biden-named judges on the federal bench

19.09.2024 40

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Sarah Sanders’s crude swipes at Kamala Harris notch a new low for GOP

Enough. “My kids keep me humble,” Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders preened, thereby disproving her own claim. “Unfortunately, Kamala...

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Laura Loomer is the symptom. The real problem is Donald Trump.

It’s impossible, unproductive and, frankly, tedious to respond to every Trump outrage. So I try to pick my shots and spare readers what would...

16.09.2024 100

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How 10 minutes on abortion changed the race between Trump and Harris

11.09.2024 6

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One urgent reason the justices need a credible ethics code? Ginni Thomas.

​ Just when you think Virginia “Ginni” Thomas can’t do any more to cast disrepute on the institution where her husband has served as a justice...

05.09.2024 400

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Kamala Harris should release the names of her ‘bundlers’

30.08.2024 7

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A new indictment points to Trump’s illegal acts — and justices’ errors

To understand the dumb and unnecessary choices the Supreme Court put before special counsel Jack Smith in charging Donald Trump with election...

29.08.2024 200

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What ‘leave it to the states’ really means for abortion

28.08.2024 90

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Justice Gorsuch’s book of fish tales

A new book by the Supreme Court conservative raises the question: Does having all the facts matter? Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch...

23.08.2024 100

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Trump’s no Nixon. He doesn’t deserve a pardon.

When it comes to Trump, accountability is a can endlessly kicked down the road. President Richard M. Nixon speaks near Orlando on Nov. 17,...

15.08.2024 90

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Schumer’s presidential immunity fix will only make things worse

Jurisdiction-stripping is a terrible way to deal with even the worst excesses of this Supreme Court. Former president Donald Trump in...

13.08.2024 20

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How a good idea — term limits for justices — was drowned in bad politics

Term limits for Supreme Court justices is overdue. Partisan politics keeps it from happening. Members of the Supreme Court in October 2022....

04.08.2024 50

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‘I do think she can win!’ Impromptu thoughts on Harris doubters.

Opinion ‘I do think she can win!’ Impromptu thoughts on Harris doubters. Were Democrats too hasty about falling in line? 3 min ...

25.07.2024 20

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Biden made a heroic choice. Where do Democrats go from here?

Now that he stepped out of the race, there is at least a chance of winning — but just a chance. President Biden at the White House on May...

22.07.2024 40

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Judge Cannon brushes aside decades of special counsel rulings

Never mind that special prosecutors have been appointed under several presidents from both parties. Special counsel Jack Smith and U.S....

16.07.2024 100

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John Roberts once dreamed of a more unified court. Goodbye to all that.

The chief justice has found himself in an unexpected position: Potential irrelevance. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. delivers remarks at...

13.07.2024 20

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Democrats must keep the House. Whether they can is still up to Biden.

The House might be the only thing between us and the end of democracy. President Biden prepares to walk out to debate former president Donald...

11.07.2024 30

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What we’ve already learned from the cognitive test Biden won’t take

Biden’s explanation for refusing testing is unconvincing. President Biden speaks with George Stephanopoulos on Friday in Madison, Wis. (ABC...

06.07.2024 10

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This SCOTUS term bolstered the presidency — and clobbered regulators

Caution and institutionalism, the supposed watchwords of the Roberts court, are largely forgotten. The Supreme Court on Sunday. (Susan...

06.07.2024 40

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Supreme Court stakes are too high to continue with the Biden gamble

The risk of another Trump presidency appointing more justices, forces a reluctant conclusion. Mateo Zavala, 14, protests for President Biden...

03.07.2024 6

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God save us from this dishonorable court

An egregious, unconscionable ruling on presidential immunity from the Supreme Court. Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court on Monday....

02.07.2024 650

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The justices toss yet another precedent, delighting conservatives

The court overturns the 40-year-old bias for regulatory power, thrilling the right. Justice Elena Kagan delivers remarks in Washington on May...

29.06.2024 70

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Conservative justices dodge and weave in botched Idaho abortion case

The Supreme Court’s decision is at best a temporary reprieve. Idaho state lawmakers Melissa Wintrow, left, and Ilana Rubel speak outside the...

28.06.2024 30

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The war in Gaza may end Israel’s unfair draft exemptions for Orthodox Jews

Israeli Supreme Court rules ultra-Orthodox must serve in the military. Israeli police try to disperse Ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a highway...

26.06.2024 40

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Are the justices reconsidering same-sex marriage? The jury is out.

Majority’s ruling in an immigration case could signal an appetite to revisit marriage equality. Supreme Court justices, standing, from left:...

24.06.2024 10

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Justices course correct on gun control. Don’t count on it to continue.

The Supreme Court, at least for now, cleans up some of the mess from its Bruen ruling in 2022. Gun safety and domestic violence prevention...

22.06.2024 20

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Judge Aileen Cannon: What will she think of next?

18.06.2024 10

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The real threat to abortion meds is Trump himself

A unanimous court saved mifepristone. But more formidable challenges to abortion medication loom. (Paul Ratje/The Washington Post) ...

14.06.2024 40

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Americans are being held hostage in Gaza. We cannot forget them.

Outside of synagogues and the Jewish community, those taken by Hamas are largely out of mind. Family members of people held hostage by Hamas...

08.06.2024 10

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Trump wants retribution. That’s dangerous, unlawful and un-American.

This eye-for-an-eye justice is real and dangerous. Trump advisers Kellyanne Conway, Stephen K. Bannon and Stephen Miller at the White House in...

05.06.2024 10

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Should Trump do time in jail? Here’s how Justice Merchan might rule.

He will sentence Donald Trump in July. Here’s how it could go. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan in his chambers on March 14....

04.06.2024 100

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Why the Trump verdict matters

Opinion Why the Trump verdict matters 'We may be understating the potential, and even the Biden campaign may be understating the potential,...

01.06.2024 30

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No matter what he says, Trump is a felon

The jury has spoken: Trump is guilty. Former president Donald Trump at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on Thursday. (Seth Wenig/Reuters) ...

31.05.2024 100

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The strange case of Alito v. Alito

Alito-gate: The justice, his wife, her flags and their ethics. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. and his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, at the Capitol in...

30.05.2024 100

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How toxic politics killed a deal about a Biden audiotape

Neither Biden nor Congress will benefit from their inability to reach a deal on executive privilege President Biden, Robert K. Hur and...

24.05.2024 40

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Sam Alito’s flag flew upside down. Are his ethics?

Justice Alito’s wife hoisted a “Stop the Steal” flag after Jan 6. Should her husband recuse himself now? Justice Samuel Alito and...

19.05.2024 70

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This Alabama AG won’t stop at the state line to prosecute abortion

16.05.2024 70

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What’s happening at the Supreme Court? We’ll text you.

Sign up for Decision Days With Ruth Marcus to get short updates as the court begins to issue rulings. (The Washington Post) Listen 2 min Share...

13.05.2024 70

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How Trump could win the New York case — even if he loses

Is the hush money case allowing Trump to gain the upper hand with voters? Former president Donald Trump sits at Manhattan Supreme Court on...

07.05.2024 20

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Amy Coney Barrett is no handmaid to the Supreme Court’s conservative majority

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks at a dinner honoring the late Justice Antonin Scalia at the Washington Hilton on Nov. 9. (Jahi...

01.05.2024 90

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The wartime outrage in Gaza that no one is talking about

Photos of hostages at the site of the Nova festival, where people were killed and kidnapped during the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas gunmen, in Reim,...

29.04.2024 300

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Oral argument on immunity hints at another Trump trial — but not soon

Demonstrators rally outside the Supreme Court on Thursday. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share ...

26.04.2024 30

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Guess what’s not a priority in antiabortion Idaho? Women’s health.

Abortion rights supporters rally in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday. (Joy Asico-Smith for National Women's Law Center/AP) ...

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Can Jews come together this Passover?

Protesters stand outside of the Israeli prime minister's office in Jerusalem on April 9. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP) Listen 4 min ...

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