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GOP lawmakers want to fight SB1070 subpoenas

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Supreme Court to decide if abortion buffer zones violate pro-life free speech

By Robert Knight

**FILE** Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and head of the U.S. Cyber Command, testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 18, 2013. (Associated Press)

ACLU sues feds over telephone surveillance of Americans

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Can the ACLU force Catholic hospitals to perform abortions?

By Robert Knight

ACLU files suit against Catholics for no-abortion hospital policy

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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NSA spied on online sexual habits of U.S. Muslims, Snowden docs reveal

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

**FILE** Twelve women hold hands Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, as they block Sixth Street during an immigration reform protest outside Congressman Paul Ryan's office in Racine, Wis. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Gregory Shaver)

Hispanic’s arrest reignites debate over Arizona ‘show your papers’ immigration law

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

On Sept. 11, 2001, the twin towers of the World Trade Center burn and later collapse after hijacked planes deliberately crashed into them in New York City. A multimillion-dollar reward was offered for now-dead terrorist Osama bin Laden after the attacks.

KNIGHT: ACLU to New York cops: Drop dead

By Robert Knight

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Border Patrol shuns ATF whistleblower after Fast and Furious book controversy

By John Solomon - The Washington Times

**FILE** Illegal immigrants file into a U.S. Border Patrol facility in Tucson, Ariz. (Associated Press)

ACLU files complaint against Border Patrol in Arizona over consitutional rights

By BRIAN SKOLOFF and Associated Press - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, photo, a portrait of Jesus hangs in the hallway at Jackson Middle School in Jackson, Ohio. The superintendent of the southern Ohio district facing a federal lawsuit over the Jesus portrait says it's been moved to a high school at the preference of the Christian-based student club that the district views as the picture's owner. (AP Photo/WBNS-10 TV)

Jesus portrait forced off school wall by ACLU lawsuit

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Flagstaff, Ariz., overturns ban on begging in city streets

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

BOWMAN: With Obamacare, business doesn’t have a prayer

By Matt Bowman

Republican lawmakers have joined the fight to stop a federal court from ordering the removal of the giant white cross that has loomed for decades over the Mount Soledad Veterans War Memorial in San Diego. (Associated Press)

GOP lawmakers join fight to save cross at California war memorial

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

ACLU sues Oklahoma over Ten Commandments monument at Capitol

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration: Religion by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Recalling what freedom of religion meant to the Founders

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

ROMERO: Putting spies on a leash

By Anthony D. Romero

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

TRACCI: Stop the litigation gravy train

By Robert N. Tracci

** FILE ** Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a ceremonial signing of a water fund bill on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas abortion law fracas not over

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times