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Washington Post columnist, mom of two grown women and one adorable Bernedoodle stuck in mischievous adolescence. Knitting, cooking, hiking, Wyoming.
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https://bsky.app/profile/ruthmarcus.bsky.social/post/3lzrhoy2euc25
Published: September 26, 2025 22:00
We all knew the moment would come in the second Trump term when he got his way and used the DOJ to pursue foes. But it fees like a gut punch nonetheless. The Flimsy, Dangerous Indictment of James Comey…
https://bsky.app/profile/ruthmarcus.bsky.social/post/3lwrutfmxy22m
Published: August 19, 2025 21:40
In Pam Bondi, Donald Trump finally has the attorney general he always wanted. My latest for the New Yorker, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/25/pam-bondi-profile
https://bsky.app/profile/ruthmarcus.bsky.social/post/3ltnt65mzas2l
Published: July 11, 2025 02:43
Erez Reuveni, the Justice Department whistleblower, speaks out. His words are powerful. My latest,…
https://bsky.app/profile/ruthmarcus.bsky.social/post/3lqcol6pnjs2z
Published: May 29, 2025 12:06
The federal courts have been doing an impressive job of standing up to Trump. This includes SCOTUS, at times. But not always. See its latest gift to presidential power--conveniently ignoring a 90-year-old precedent. My latest for New Yorker…
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Published: May 27, 2025 13:04
Annals of a judiciary losing its patience--this from the judge overseeing the case of migrants deported to dangerous third countries: "Defendants have mischaracterized this Court’s order, while at the same time manufacturing the very chaos they decry." …
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Published: May 25, 2025 13:16
Vance v. Roberts. My latest from New Yorker, about the vice president's wrongheaded claim that the federal courts are frustrating the will of the voters--and that the chief justice should intervene.…
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Published: May 20, 2025 18:13
Fact check: No, Secretary Noem. Habeas corpus is not a constitutional right the president has to remove people from the country. It is a right the people have to combar the arbitrary use of executive power. I have a handy explanation for you here.…
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Published: May 19, 2025 12:14
My take on the surprising and at least somewhat cheering oral arguments in the birthright citizenship case. The skeptical reception some justices gave to SG John Sauer was, I think, evidence that the Trump administration's aggressiveness may be costing it…
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Published: May 17, 2025 23:13
Who’s weaponizing now? Taking career prosecutors out of the equation and leaving it to Trump-installed US Attorneys is yet another dangerous move. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/17/trump-justice-department-prosecutions/
https://bsky.app/profile/ruthmarcus.bsky.social/post/3lp37ctiijs2b
Published: May 13, 2025 19:20
The right to go to court to protest unlawful detention--habeas corpus--is, SCOTUS has said, “the fundamental instrument for safeguarding individual freedom against arbitrary and lawless state action.” Trump is "actively considering" suspending it. My…