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US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor smiles as she speaks at Yale University, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, in New Haven, Conn. Sotomayor, who grew up poor in the Bronx, described how she navigated new worlds making into Ivy League universities and then onto the nation’s highest court. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

ISTOOK: Obamacare: One small step against diversity?

By Ernest Istook

Herschel Pecker of Washington, D.C., left, and others rallying on both sides of the debate over private insurance plans must cover birth control at a rally outside the Supreme Court as the court hears oral arguments in Affordable Care Act challenges, the Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Female Supreme Court justices worry about corporations using religious objections to duck rules

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Kagan says happiest lawyers make a difference

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FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2013 file photo, a view of the Supreme Court can be seen from the view from near the top of the Capitol Dome on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a clash between President Obama and Senate Republicans over the power granted the president in the Constitution to make temporary appointments to fill high-level positions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Court could limit president’s recess appointments

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

** FILE ** This Oct. 7, 2013, file photo shows people wait in line to enter the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Supreme Court debates government’s role in public prayer

By Matthew Lounsberry - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Barack Obama views a math project during a tour of Mooresville Middle School in Mooresville, N.C., Thursday, June 6, 2013. The president traveled to Mooresville, N.C., to promote his "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Supreme Court strikes down Obama-backed ‘prostitution pledge’ in AIDS funding

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Andy Hernandez, carrying a Mexican flag (left), and Allison Culver, carrying an American flag, argue over Arizona's immigration law outside the State Capitol Building in Phoenix, Ariz. While finding much of the Arizona law unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that one part would stand — the portion requiring police to check the status of someone they suspect is not in the United States legally. (Arizona Republic via Associated Press)

Obama loses on issue of police immigration stops

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Judy Pepenella, a New York resident and member of the Conservative Society for Action, protests the health care reform law Monday outside the U.S. Supreme Court. She said she is part of a group of 50 doctors who filed a friend-of-the-court brief advocating that so-called Obamacare be struck down. (Raymond Thompson Jr./The Washington Times)

Split court upholds Ariz. immigration checks

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An immigration rights opponent walks around June 25, 2012, with a sign at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix as people react to the Supreme Court decision regarding Arizona's controversial immigration law. The court struck down key provisions of the state’s crackdown on immigrants, but said a much-debated portion on checking suspects' status could go forward. (Associated Press)

Supreme Court upholds key plank of Arizona immigration law

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obamacare: The ‘gift’ you pay for

The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

SMITH: Kagan and Obamacare - still no answers

By Rep. Lamar Smith - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. (AP Photo)

Chief justice Roberts defends court’s impartiality

By Anne Flaherty - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Nagging Kagan question

The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

ROTUNDA: Kagan must recuse from Obamacare case

By Ronald D. Rotunda - The Washington Times

**FILE** Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan (Associated Press)

GOP questions ‘two-month gap’ in Kagan’s health care involvement

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration: Kagan by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

FLEMING: Kagan’s necessary recusal

By Rep. John Fleming and M.D. - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, while testifying as a nominee in June 2010, reportedly told a Senate panel she had never been asked about her opinion or had offered any comments about proposed health care legislation while solicitor general. (Associated Press)

Leading senators: Kagan may have to recuse herself from health case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan (Associated Press)

Health case raises recusal questions for Kagan, Thomas

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House lawmaker asks Justice for data about Kagan

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Probe urged of Kagan’s health care role

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times