Ann E. Marimow

Washington, D.C.

Legal affairs reporter

Education: Cornell University

Ann Marimow writes about legal issues for The Washington Post. She previously covered state government and politics at the San Jose Mercury News in California and the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire. She joined The Post in 2005.
Latest from Ann E. Marimow

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s bold debut and independent streak

In her debut term, the first Black female Supreme Court justice did not shy from parting ways with her liberal colleagues to express her own vision of the law.

July 2, 2023

Supreme Court to review law barring domestic abusers from having guns

The case follows an expansion of 2nd Amendment rights last year and tests a federal law that bars people subject to domestic violence orders from having guns.

July 1, 2023

Supreme Court protects web designer who won’t do gay wedding websites

The case, 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, involved a designer who wants to make wedding websites in Colorado and came amid rising public approval of gay marriage.

June 30, 2023

How the Supreme Court decided major 2023 cases

The Supreme Court issued rulings on major issues including student loan debt, affirmative action and immigration.

June 30, 2023

Supreme Court strengthens protections for religious rights at work

The Biden administration said existing religious protections are sufficient. But mail carrier Gerald Groff said he shouldn't have to deliver packages on Sunday.

June 29, 2023

For Thomas and Sotomayor, affirmative action ruling is deeply personal

The Supreme Court’s second Black and first Latina justices delivered rare public statements in the courtroom, offering starkly different views on affirmative action.

June 29, 2023

Supreme Court says a conviction for online threats violated 1st Amendment

The case concerned a Colorado law used to convict Billy Raymond Counterman of stalking and causing “emotional distress” to a singer-songwriter he had never met.

June 27, 2023

Supreme Court limits reach of immigration law in free-speech challenge

The justices upheld, but narrowed, a federal law that makes it a crime to encourage undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States.

June 23, 2023

Trump’s indictment plus candidacy could endanger democracy and the rule of law

The collision of former president Donald Trump’s criminal indictment with the presidential campaign could further undermine confidence in America’s institutions, experts say

June 17, 2023

Native adoptions can give priority to tribal families, Supreme Court rules

At stake was the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, passed to remedy the removal of hundreds of thousands of Native children from their homes and tribes.

June 15, 2023