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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,...

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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 ...

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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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Why did this seamy Trump trial have to be the first?

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg at a 2023 news conference. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo) Listen 5 min Share ...

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Arizona’s conservatives brought this political nightmare on themselves

Arizona state Rep. Matt Gress (R) speaks to reporters at the state Capitol on Wednesday. (Matt York/AP Photo) Listen 6 min ...

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2 questions that would expose Trump’s lies about abortion

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The mournful isolation of Israel six months after terrorists attacked

Family members of hostages held by Hamas and supporters gather at the site of the Nova Music festival near Re'im, Israel, on Feb. 28. (Heidi Levine...

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The International Court of Justice is waging lawfare on Israel

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators participate in a vigil in Durban, South Africa, on March 8. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images) Listen 5...

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His job is to interpret the Constitution. Would he rather run the FDA?

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. in D.C. on March 7, 2019. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Listen 6 min Share Comment on...

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In a new book, Breyer makes the case for setting originalism aside

Stephen G. Breyer retired as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 2022. (Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States) ...

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‘The beast of angry American women’: 3 columnists on the new abortion politics

Opinion ‘The beast of angry American women’: 3 columnists on the new abortion politics By Ruth Marcus ,  Alexandra Petri ...

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Fair’s fair: Trump should be able to appeal the judgment against him

Pedestrians walk past 40 Wall Street, a Donald Trump-owned building in Manhattan, on Tuesday. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Listen 5 min...

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Outlawing abortion is just the start for some conservative judges

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Willis prevails in Georgia case, but her win is devastating

Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis is sworn in during a hearing in the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump at the...

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The special counsel was unfair to Biden and his transcript proves it

Former special counsel Robert K. Hur testifies at a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington...

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For Trump’s sake, two GOP women go to war against their own sex

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) in D.C. on Feb. 28 and Sen. Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.) in D.C. on Feb. 15, 2023. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP; Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) ...

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With Colorado ruling, the court displays an ‘originalism of convenience’

The Supreme Court justices in 2022. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) Listen 5 min Share Comment on this story Comment ...

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How pushing ‘fetal personhood’ could backfire

A small petri dish holding several embryos at the Aspire Houston Fertility Institute in vitro fertilization lab in Houston on Tuesday. (Michael...

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What’s behind the Supreme Court’s furious agreement on Trump in Colorado

A police officer stands outside the Supreme Court building in D.C. on Dec. 19. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Listen 6 min Share...

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Supreme Court order gives Trump’s long-shot immunity claim a boost

Former president Donald Trump speaks to the media in D.C. on Jan. 9. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min ...

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The case of Clarence Thomas’s new clerk taints the entire judiciary

The dome of the U.S. Capitol building is seen from the U.S. Supreme Court building on Aug. 31. (Kent Nishimura for The Washington Post) ...

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Alabama ushers in the theocracy

Nitrogen tanks holding tens of thousands of frozen embryos and eggs at a fertility center in New York on Dec. 20, 2017. (Carolyn Van Houten/The...

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Does it matter which party nominated a judge? Here’s why it does.

President Donald Trump greets Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh during his swearing-in ceremony at the White House on Oct. 8, 2018. (Jabin...

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The Fani Willis hearing was must-watch TV that no one needed to see

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies Thursday at a hearing on the Georgia election interference case. At right is Fulton County...

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How Trump would change the Supreme Court if elected

The Supreme Court justices in October 2022. From left to right, Sonia Sotomayor, Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Neil M. Gorsuch, Chief Justice...

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The Biden special counsel’s egregious abuse of power

President Biden speaks after the release of a special counsel report at the White House on Thursday. (Samuel Corum/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) ...

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The Supreme Court looks askance at keeping Trump off the ballot

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and other justices at the State of the Union address on Feb. 4, 2020, in D.C. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) ...

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What the justices should do now on presidential immunity

The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 13. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share Comment on this story ...

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Trump craves immunity from prosecution. An appeals court just said no.

Former president Donald Trump, with attorney John Lauro, left, and D. John Sauer, center right, speaks to reporters after attending a hearing of the...

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Slowpoke D.C. appeals court puts 2024 election in jeopardy

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The Mayorkas case is an alarming corruption of a grave congressional duty

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, left, and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray at a House committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Nov. 15....

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A federal judge is fed up with those defending the Jan. 6 rioters

James Little is seen inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (From a "Statement of Facts" filed by the FBI) Listen 5 min Share...

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A top U.N. court’s ruling on Israel and Gaza is a perversion of justice

Judges of the International Court of Justice are seen while ruling on a request by South Africa on behalf of Gaza on Friday. (Remko de...

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What in the world was Fani Willis thinking?

Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis speaks at a news conference with prosecutor Nathan Wade in Atlanta with Aug. 14. (Elijah...

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Courts have long deferred to federal rule-makers. That might end soon.

The fishing vessel Gannet, part of the Lund’s Fisheries fleet, heads out to sea for a day of fishing on Oct. 4 in Cape May, N.J. (Sarah L....

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Conservative jurists and the health risks they expect women to endure

The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 13. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) Listen 5 min Share Comment on this story ...

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The justices will keep Trump on the ballot. Here’s how (and why) they’ll do it.

Opinion The justices will keep Trump on the ballot. Here’s how (and why) they’ll do it. By Ruth Marcus Associate editor | ...

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Trump’s sly ‘I’m immune from prosecution’ claim finally runs aground

Former president Donald Trump at an appeals hearing on Trump's claim of immunity in the federal case accusing him of illegally attempting to overturn...

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Will voters know the verdict on Trump before November?

The Big Question Opinion Will voters know the verdict on Trump before November? By Ruth Marcus Associate editor | Add ...

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Texas, where women are less important than a fetus

Demonstrators gather outside the federal courthouse in Austin following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022. (Eric...

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Harvard’s Claudine Gay should resign

Harvard University President Claudine Gay testifies before a House committee hearing in Washington on Dec. 5. (Ken Cedeno/Reuters) ...

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Ginni Thomas called 2020 a ‘heist.’ Clarence Thomas must recuse himself.

Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia "Ginni" Thomas at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday. (Mandel NGAN / AFP) Listen 6...

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The Supreme Court should toss the Colorado case

Attorney Eric Olson argues before the Colorado Supreme Court on Dec. 6 in Denver. (David Zalubowski/AP) Listen 6 min Share...

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Clarence Thomas blundered. But the justices are underpaid.

Justice Clarence Thomas, second from right, talks with his wife, Ginni, as they attend the funeral of Sandra Day O'Connor at Washington National...

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My weight-loss program now has Oprah’s seal of approval. But I still have questions.

Oprah Winfrey reacts after unveiling her portrait, during a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, on Wednesday. (Tom...

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A speedy Trump trial is the best course for the nation

Special counsel Jack Smith in August. (Carioti/The Washington Post) (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share ...

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Texas court ignores emergency exception in state’s strict abortion law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in D.C. on June 9, 2016. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Listen 4 min Share Comment on...

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Yes, Magill’s comments were offensive. But calls for her removal were wrong.

University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill testifies on Capitol Hill on Dec. 5. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 6 min ...

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In Texas, Ken Paxton takes abortion law into his own hands

Kate Cox was given permission to seek an abortion in Texas, despite the state's ban on the procedure. (Kate Cox/AP) Listen 5 min ...

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