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A March 15, 2019 view of the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court seems inclined to rule against workers on oil drilling platforms off California who want to be paid for the off-work time they spend on the platform, including sleeping(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

High court seems likely to rule against Calif. oil workers

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

Man convicted in church fundraiser shooting loses appeal

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In this Tuesday, May 22, 2018, file photo, Ted Pappageorge, president of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, speaks before a vote on whether to authorize a strike, in Las Vegas. Some key labor leaders say they are starting to worry about the topics dominating the 2020 conversation. “They’ve got to pay attention to kitchen-table economics,” Pappageorge said. “We don’t quite see that.” (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)

Unions urge Democrats to focus on kitchen table economics

By Michelle L. Price and Nicholas Riccardi - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2015, file photo, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt talks to lawmakers at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Schmidt's office filed legal arguments Monday, April 15, 2019 defending a new public school funding law. It increases education funding by roughly $90 million a year. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)

Kansas tells court broad support is reason to OK schools law

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Steve and Bridget Tennes, shown with five of their six children, are fighting the East Lansing city council's effort to bar them from a farmers' market based on their policy against hosting same-sex weddings on their farm in Charlotte, Michigan. (Provided courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom)

Steve and Bridget Tennes of Country Mill Farm fight East Lansing to stay out of gay-wedding business

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME TO HURT, NOT HUNT - FILE - In this Feb. 1964 file photo, Henry Montgomery, flanked by two deputies, awaits the verdict in his trial for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Charles H. Hurt in Baton Rouge, La. A three-member board will hear the case of Henry Montgomery on Thursday, April 11, 2019. The 72-year-old Montgomery was convicted of killing Hurt in 1963. Montgomery was 17 at the time. (John Boss/The Advocate via AP, File)

Board denies parole for inmate in landmark juvenile case

By REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME TO HURT, NOT HUNT - FILE - In this Feb. 1964 file photo, Henry Montgomery, flanked by two deputies, awaits the verdict in his trial for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Charles H. Hurt in Baton Rouge, La. A three-member board will hear the case of Henry Montgomery on Thursday, April 11, 2019. The 72-year-old Montgomery was convicted of killing Hurt in 1963. Montgomery was 17 at the time. (John Boss/The Advocate via AP, File)

The Latest: Lawyer says aging killer not giving up on parole

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FILE - In this March 15, 2019 file photo, Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn speaks during a debate with opponent Lisa Neubauer at the Wisconsin State Bar Center in Madison, Wis. Neubauer conceded Wednesday to Brian Hagedorn. Neubauer decided against a recount in a contest where the two were separated by just half a percentage point. The Hagedorn win means the conservative majority on the court will increase to 5-2 when he begins his 10-year term in August. Conservatives will hold the majority until at least 2023. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Liberal’s concession in Wisconsin race boosts GOP confidence

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2019, file photo, anti-abortion activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the March for Life in Washington. Emboldened by the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, anti-abortion lawmakers and activists in numerous states are pushing near-total bans on the procedure in a deliberate frontal attack on Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

States pushing near-bans on abortion, targeting Roe v. Wade

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Spain’s Supreme Court upholds priest’s sex abuse conviction

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Attorneys: Court should protect school chief’s powers

By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press

Groups ask state Supreme Court to take lame-duck case

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks to members of the media following a Senate policy luncheon, Tuesday, April 2, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Less debate time for Trump picks after Senate rules change

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018 file photo, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, appointed by President Donald Trump, sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch has a collection of speeches, writings and original essays coming out this fall. Crown Forum, a conservative imprint at Penguin Random House, announced Wednesday, April 3, 2019, that Gorsuch’s “A Republic, If You Can Keep It” is scheduled for Sept. 10. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Book of Gorsuch speeches and writings out in September

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Oregon Gov. launches committee to ensure fair Census count

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The Supreme Court in Washington is seen here on March 15, 2019. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Supreme Court to hear case on police suspicion for traffic stops

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 15, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears at an event organized by the Museum of the City of New York with WNET-TV held at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York. (AP Photo/Rebecca Gibian, File)

Donald Trump already has replacement ready for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s post: Report

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

A sign taped to the window informs people of the closure of the Planned Parenthood clinic in Parker, Colorado. It was one of the 32 Planned Parenthood centers that shut down this year, according to a study. (Bradford Richardson/The Washington Times)

Supreme Court rejects case about videos showing sale of fetal tissue

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Russell Bucklew. The Supreme Court says Missouri can execute an inmate who argued his rare medical condition will result in severe pain if he is given death-causing drugs. The justices are ruling 5-4 Monday against inmate Russell Bucklew, who is on death row for a 1996 murder. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP)

Supreme Court rules Russell Bucklew can be executed despite medical condition

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

2 death row inmates similar requests, but different results

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press