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This April 18, 2018 photo shows Bill Cosby arriving for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown. Cosby has been moved to a general population unit as he serves three to 10 years in prison for sexual assault in Pennsylvania. The move comes after the 81-year-old Cosby spent about four months in special housing as he acclimated to the SCI-Phoenix in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Justice Thomas calls for re-examining landmark libel case

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Ginsburg is making her public return to the Supreme Court bench, eight weeks after surgery for lung cancer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returns to Supreme Court bench in public session

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Republicans pitch keeping Court of Appeals at 15 judges

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Court reverses volunteer firefighter’s benefits rejection

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Supreme Court: Defendants must be allowed to present cases

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In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listen as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s. (Tom Williams/Pool Photo via AP)

Jussie Smollett apparent hoax burns Democrats Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, media

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Mitch Hungerpiller of Birmingham, Ala., who invented a computerized system to automate the processing of returned mail, visits the Supreme Court in Washington, on Feb. 14, 2019, where his decade-long fight with the post office over patent infringement will be heard. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Return to sender: High court to hear undeliverable mail case

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gestures to the audience as he heads to the Oval Office after speaking during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump emergency declaration faces fights in the courts

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Arkansas asked to reconsider ruling on LGBT rights measure

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In this Sept. 20, 2017, file photo, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reacts to applause as she is introduced by William Treanor, dean and executive vice president of Georgetown University Law Center, at the Georgetown University Law Center campus in Washington. The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has returned to the building for the first time since lung cancer surgery in late December. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg back at work

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. The Supreme Court will decide whether the 2020 census can include a question about citizenship that could affect the allocation of seats in the House of Representatives and the distribution of billions of dollars in federal money. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith, File)

Justices to decide if 2020 census can ask about citizenship

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gestures to the audience as he heads to the Oval Office after speaking during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump declaration faces uncertain fate in coming court fight

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Ginsburg has missed a month of Supreme Court arguments as she recovers from lung cancer surgery. But she’s not the first justice to be away for a while, and her absence hardly compares with those of some of her predecessors. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s illness casts spotlight on long-term court absences

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

The Latest: Citing tradition, Newby criticizes Cooper choice

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Chief justice pick leads colleague to criticize governor

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Tennessee mulls 1 less court review before executions

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

In this March 27, 2018, file photo, plaintiffs Cathrine Schmid, second left, and Conner Callahan, second right, listens with supporters during a news conference in front of a federal courthouse following a hearing in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ** FILE **

Lawmakers seek to reverse Donald Trump’s transgender troop ban

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, file photo, anti-abortion activists march outside the U.S. Supreme Court building, during the March for Life in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

High court takes abortion vote, but key tests still to come

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2016, file photo, people stand on the steps of the Supreme Court at sunset in Washington.The Supreme Court is stopping Louisiana from enforcing new regulations on abortion clinics in a test of the conservative court’s views on abortion rights. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Abortion case shows Roberts firmly at Supreme Court’s center

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, file photo, anti-abortion activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the March for Life in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Anti-abortion bills: Odds good in GOP states, not Congress

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press