Robert Barnes has been a Washington Post reporter and editor since 1987. He joined the paper to cover Maryland politics, and has served in various editing positions including metropolitan editor and national political editor . He has covered the Supreme Court since November 2006. He gave up law school plans for a life in newspapers after taking a journalism class in college. It did not occur to him, as it apparently did to others, that he could do both.
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Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2020?
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Zoom WebinarSupreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2019?
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The Mayflower Hotel, Palm Court1127 Connecticut Avenue
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Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2016?
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National Press Club529 14th Street, NW
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King v. Burwell: U.S. Supreme Court Preview of the Next Challenge to the Affordable Care Act
Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group
National Press Club529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045
Panel IV: Passion and Prudence in the Political Process: The Debate Over Federal Civil Rights Policy
Civil Rights in the United States
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Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2020?
Co-Sponsored by the Faculty Division and Practice Groups
On October 1, 2020, the Federalist Society's Faculty Division and Practice Groups hosted a virtual...
Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2020?
Co-Sponsored by the Faculty Division and Practice Groups
On October 1, 2020, the Federalist Society's Faculty Division and Practice Groups hosted a virtual...
Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2019?
Co-Sponsored by the Faculty Division and Practice Groups
On October 2, 2019, the Federalist Society hosted a panel discussing the current composition and...
Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2019?
Co-Sponsored by the Faculty Division and Practice Groups
On October 2, 2019, the Federalist Society hosted a panel discussing the current composition and...
Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2016?
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October 4th will mark the first day of oral arguments for the 2016 Supreme Court...