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The newest Justice is increasingly willing to condemn the actions of the conservative majority, even when that means breaking ...

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Dalloway,” or even “To the Lighthouse.” In fact, it comes from “Unknown Man No. 89,” a 1977 novel by Elmore Leonard. The man ...

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