Ruth Marcus

Washington, D.C.

Associate editor

Education: Yale College; Harvard Law School

Ruth Marcus is an associate editor and columnist for The Post. Marcus has been with The Post since 1984. She joined the national staff in 1986, covering campaign finance, the Justice Department, the Supreme Court and the White House. From 1999 through 2002, she served as deputy national editor, supervising reporters who covered money and politics, Congress, the Supreme Court and other national issues. She joined the editorial board in 2003 and began writing a regular column in 2006. A graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School, she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2
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A pointed message from one judge to nine others about race and guns

What Judge Reggie Walton had to say to the Supreme Court.

May 12, 2023

At last, a measure of justice for Donald Trump

For E. Jean Carroll, $5 million in damages from the former president.

May 9, 2023

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

This does not sound like an ordinary business transaction.

May 5, 2023

Clarence Thomas should get out his checkbook and reimburse Harlan Crow

Clarence Thomas's many debts to a GOP megadonor are now impossible to ignore.

May 4, 2023

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

While justices must follow rules, they also need to exercise judgment — to behave in a way that is “beyond reproach.”

May 2, 2023

The aggrieved Justice Alito points fingers but offers no proof

In the Supreme Court leak case, Alito has gone from judge to prosecutor. The obvious question is: Why?

May 2, 2023

What the Trump rape trial has already revealed

E. Jean Carroll finally gets her day in court.

April 27, 2023

A terrible silence from the Supreme Court, where ethics have gone awry

John Roberts was right not to testify. But the court is all wrong about its ethical problems.

April 26, 2023

The justices’ abortion pill ruling is as good as it gets for this court

Justices ask Fifth Circuit to sort out abortion meds' future. There's still reason to worry.

April 21, 2023

Clarence Thomas enters the danger zone

Justice Thomas's relationship with Harland Crow just turned perilous.

April 13, 2023