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New York: Robert, what's it like covering both politics and the Supreme Court? Isn't it like using two distinctly separate parts of the brain? Thanks for the chat.Robert Barnes: And it's extremely hard when your brain's not that big to begin with. But the last year was the best of both worlds for me, thanks for asking. There was really nothing like this campaign, and it was a a privilege to be involved, even for a short time.Covering the court is unlike any other kind of reporting. But it is a fascinating beat, because you are learning on a two-track system: one about the justices and the way they develop the law, and the other about the wide array of issues that come to the court.

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