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Two memoirs hint at a Supreme Court under siege
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Charlotte Howard, our New York bureau chief, on America’s legal system

How the Supreme Court ushered in a surge in executions

The justices sound sceptical about Donald Trump’s move to dismiss her

Some of the world’s most powerful judges have an over-cosy relationship with the business and political elite

Prosecutors have moved far too slowly

The judges’ credibility is at stake