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Judge hears arguments in challenge to Georgia abortion law

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

In this May 7, 2019, file photo, Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, center, signs legislation in Atlanta, banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Opponents of a Georgia law that bans most abortions are asking a judge Tuesday, July 23, 2019, to keep it from taking effect while a legal challenge plays out. The law is set to become enforceable Jan. 1. Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights sued last month on behalf of Georgia advocacy groups and abortion providers to challenge the measure. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Pro-life advocates fear rulings on Georgia, Tennessee abortion laws may reverse gains

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows Lee Boyd Malvo. As a teenager, Malvo terrorized the Washington region in 2002 as one-half of a sniper team. Now he’s at the center of a case the Supreme Court will hear this fall. But the justices’ eventual ruling probably will mean less for him than for a dozen other inmates also sentenced to life without parole for murders they committed as teens. At issue is whether Malvo should be resentenced in Virginia in light of rulings restricting life-without-parole sentences for crimes by juveniles. (Virginia Department of Corrections via AP)

Lee Boyd Malvo D.C. sniper Supreme Court case looms large for fellow teen killers

By Jessica Gresko - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows Lee Boyd Malvo. As a teenager, Malvo terrorized the Washington region in 2002 as one-half of a sniper team. Now he’s at the center of a case the Supreme Court will hear this fall. But the justices’ eventual ruling probably will mean less for him than for a dozen other inmates also sentenced to life without parole for murders they committed as teens. At issue is whether Malvo should be resentenced in Virginia in light of rulings restricting life-without-parole sentences for crimes by juveniles. (Virginia Department of Corrections via AP)

Justices’ DC sniper case examines teen murderers’ sentences

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

Judge who suggested woman ‘close your legs’ fights removal

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

The Latest: WVa magistrate resigns over education

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France's President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Prime Minister of Finland Antti Rinne, give a speech prior to a meeting, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Latest: UK’s Supreme Court aims to rule early next week

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Magistrate resigns following suspension over education

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Kentucky court considers whether to raise death penalty age

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 17, 2018, file image from video provided by KTHV-TV, a death penalty protester outside the Arkansas governor's mansion in Little Rock prepares to tie rope around Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen who is laying on a cot in protest of executions. Arkansas' attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to reassign cases involving her office from a judge who's been prohibited from handling execution cases, accusing him of regularly being biased against her staff. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, requested that the court reassign the civil cases from Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, who was prohibited from handling execution cases in 2017 after he participated in an anti-death penalty demonstration.(KTHV/TEGNA Inc. via AP, File)

Arkansas attorney general wants judge barred from her cases

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (Tom Williams/Pool Image via AP)

Brett Kavanaugh impeachment push alarms top Democrats

By S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Oklahoma governor appoints Kane to state Supreme Court seat

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In this July 11, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh smiles during a meeting with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Brett Kavanaugh, American sex symbol, makes the Gray Lady swoon

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 4, 2018 photo, President Donald Trump's then Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Just 1 in 4 people think Brett Kavanaugh was completely honest during his pivotal testimony last month to the Senate Judiciary Committee. That’s according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Brett Kavanaugh impeachment calls ‘smoke’ to fire up Democrats’ base, court watchers say

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo, then Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File, Pool)

New York Times’ Brett Kavanaugh allegations rejected by Senate investigators

By Alex Swoyer and David Sherfinski - 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 **

A look at the revived allegations against Justice Kavanaugh

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

In this Oct. 8, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands before a ceremonial swearing-in in the East Room of the White House in Washington. At least two Democratic presidential candidates, Kamala Harris and Kamala Harris are calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the face of a new, uninvestigated, allegation of sexual impropriety when he was in college. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Brett Kavanaugh impeachment call a grotesque media-Democrat smear

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Washington. Trump is en route to Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Supreme Court may hear case on Trump ties to family-owned properties, say court watchers

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

New York City looks to repeal ‘gay conversion therapy’ ban

By DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

In this Jan. 16, 2016 photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at Madison Square Garden in New York. On Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, Cuomo announced that New York is taking steps to stop therapists from trying to change young people's sexual orientation. The state is joining a number of states that have acted against what's known as gay conversion therapy. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Gay conversion therapy ban repeal advances in New York

By Deepti Hajela - Associated Press