Ruth Marcus

Washington, D.C.

Deputy editorial page editor overseeing signed opinion content and writing on domestic politics and policy Education: Yale College; Harvard Law School Ruth Marcus is deputy editorial page editor for The Post. She also writes a weekly column. 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 2007. She lives in Maryland with her husband, Jon Leibowitz, their two daughters and the world’s cutest dog.

Latest from Ruth Marcus

Opinion

Americans are dying. Trump is threatening democracy. Where is Mike Pence?

When will the vice president admit that they lost?

Nov 19, 2020

Opinion

Why so sour, Justice Alito? Your side in the Supreme Court is winning.

You might think, given that the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has just been buttressed with a sixth conservative justice, that Alito would be jubilant.

Nov 13, 2020

Opinion

Republican leaders, this is a test of your love for American democracy

Standing up to Trump is risky, but standing down would be even more dangerous.

Nov 7, 2020

Opinion

If Biden wins, he’ll inherit a mission impossible

The Democrat would face uphill battles in the Senate and elsewhere.

Nov 4, 2020

Opinion

Trump was way worse than I feared in 2016. Here’s how.

It will take years to recover from four years of Trump. If he wins again, it will take more than prayer to save us.

Nov 1, 2020

Opinion

Amy Coney Barrett joins a Supreme Court that’s largely out of step with the national consensus

In adding a sixth decidedly conservative justice, the court is slipping further out of sync with the national consensus.

Oct 26, 2020

Opinion

545 children are still separated from their families. What if one of them were yours?

The U.S. broke these families. It must do whatever it takes to try to heal them.

Oct 23, 2020

Opinion

Barrett’s hearings were a frustrating charade. But they were still chilling.

It is tempting to again pronounce confirmation hearings the “vapid, hollow charade.” But they offered some insights.

Oct 15, 2020

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Opinion

Una nueva jueza podría modificar a la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. Estas son las razones.

Las opiniones jurídicas de Barrett, a quién nominó el presidente Trump como reemplazo de la jueza Ruth Bader Ginsburg, son una bomba.

Oct 13, 2020

Opinion

There are many reasons to fear Barrett’s confirmation. The Affordable Care Act isn’t one of them.

Obamacare’s demise is not likely, but other dire possibilities are.

Oct 12, 2020

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