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A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Supreme Court keeps gun law challenge on docket despite Democrats’ threat to pack the court

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 5, 2019, file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh watches as President Donald Trump arrives to give his State of the Union address. On Oct. 24, 2019, the U.S. Senate confirmed Justin Walker, a former clerk to Kavanaugh, to be a District Court judge for the Western District of Kentucky (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Brett Kavanaugh celebrates Supreme Court one-year anniversary

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 24, 2019 file photo, the empty courtroom is seen at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top cases for the Supreme Court’s new term

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FILE - In this June 17, 2019 file photo, The Supreme Court is seen in Washington. Abortion rights, and protections for young immigrants and LGBT people top an election-year agenda for the Supreme Court. Its conservative majority will have ample opportunity to flex its muscle, testing Chief Justice John Roberts’ attempts to keep the court clear of Washington partisan politics. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Abortion, immigrants, LGBT rights top high court’s new term

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 20, 2019 file photo, The Supreme Court is seen under stormy skies in Washington. Both sides of the abortion debate are waiting to see if the Supreme Court adds new disputes over state abortion regulations to its election-year docket. The court is expected to announce Friday new cases it will consider in the term that begins next week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court to hear abortion regulation case

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

The Latest: High court to consider Louisiana abortion case

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West Virginia judge appointed to complex case panel

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks to students, faculty and members of the public at Rhodes College on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer says it would benefit U.S. judges to study how other countries handle cases related to important global subjects such as terrorism, immigration, civil rights, health and environmental issues.(AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Breyer discusses international law in Memphis college visit

By ADRIAN SAINZ - Associated Press

Appeal denied for man on death row for 5 Nevada murders

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

In this Sept. 4, 2019, file photo, Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks during an interview in his chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Neil Gorsuch no Supreme Court ‘swing vote’ despite liberal crossovers

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 26, 2019, file photo asylum seekers in Tijuana, Mexico, listen to names being called from a waiting list to claim asylum at a border crossing in San Diego. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat, File)

Key Trump asylum policies are tested in appeals court

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Aimee Stephens walks to her car in Ferndale, Mich., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. The Supreme Court will hear Stephens’ case Oct. 8 over whether federal civil rights law that bars job discrimination on the basis of sex protects transgender people. Other arguments that day deal with whether the same law covers sexual orientation. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Transgender woman in Supreme Court case is ‘happy being me’

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Judge again seeks to resume hearing Arkansas execution cases

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The U.S. Supreme Court building at dusk on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Supreme Court showdown looming on religious liberty, LGBTQ cases

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

AG turns to Tennessee Supreme Court in death sentence appeal

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. braved criticism and talk of impeachment from some conservatives after siding with the court's four Democratic appointees to stymie one of President Trump's biggest priorities. (Associated Press/File)

Chief Justice John Roberts: Calling Supreme Court politicized is a ‘misperception’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks during a panel discussion celebrating Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to be a Supreme Court Justice, Wednesday Sept. 25, 2019, at the Library of Congress in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sonia Sotomayor slams lawmakers casting judges as ‘partisan creatures’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

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Trump court pick Sarah E. Pitlyk defends pro-life views at confirmation hearing

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller arrives in the rain to the Supreme Court in London, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. In a decision with wide-ranging political ramifications, Britain's Supreme Court plans to give its verdict Tuesday on the legality of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's five-week suspension of Parliament. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Timeline of events leading up to key UK Supreme Court ruling

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the Climate Action Summit in the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

The Latest: British PM Boris Johnson rejects calls to resign

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