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Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican appointee who retired from the high court in 2009 after voting ...

Federal judges throughout the country are losing patience with the administration. Will it be an issue for the Supreme Court?

The Supreme Court gave an Oklahoma death row inmate a new chance in the high-profile 1997 murder case. Clarence Thomas and ...

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Ann Marimow writes about the Supreme Court for The Washington Post. She previously covered state government and politics at the San Jose Mercury News in California and the Concord Monitor in New ...