Robert Barnes
The High Court

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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Same-sex marriage isn’t waiting for the Supreme Court to weigh in

Same-sex marriage isn’t waiting for the Supreme Court to weigh in

HIGH COURT | Views are quickly changing across the country, but will that influence the justices’ ruling?

Supreme Court rules for Monsanto in case on genetically modified soybeans

Supreme Court rules for Monsanto in case on genetically modified soybeans

In a unanimous decision, the justices said an Indiana farmer violated a company patent by replanting seeds.

Justices pass on judicial salaries, and that’s good news for judges

Justices pass on judicial salaries, and that’s good news for judges

Class action suit on behalf of federal judges filed as Congress withholds cost-of-living adjustments.

Supreme Court says states may limit information requests to residents

Supreme Court says states may limit information requests to residents

Virginia does not have to allow people beyond its borders to use its freedom-of-information law, the justices say.