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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, gestures as she speaks about her home life as a child and what drove her to a career in law and to author several books including an autobiography, "The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor," Aug. 17, 2019, at the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) **FILE**

Justice Sonia Sotomayor lives in ‘frustration’ over high court rulings

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Hundreds of people charged with storming the U.S. Capitol three years ago have had a powerful incentive to plead guilty rather than go to trial. An Associated Press review of over 1,200 cases arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack found that the average prison sentence for a Capitol riot defendant convicted of a felony after a trial is roughly four years and three months. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Jan. 6 convicts released after Supreme Court takes up challenge to feds’ use of obstruction charge

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: Biden defies court; so can Texas

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks after signing one of several Public Safety bills at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. A group of migrants who arrived by bus in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 14, were sent from Texas in a move the city's mayor called a “despicable stunt” by a Republican governor. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Defiant Texas Gov. Abbott cites migrant ‘invasion’ in escalation with Biden over border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Dr. Anthony Fauci's science illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Lessons learned from Fauci’s faux science faux pas

By Kelly Shackelford

A demonstrator in favor of access to abortion pills places signage about the Supreme Court, Friday, April 21, 2023, outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Feds say Supreme Court should uphold FDA changes to make abortion pill more available

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks while visiting firefighters at the Allentown Fire Training Academy, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Allentown, Pa. Earlier in the day, Biden had stopped into a trio of Pennsylvania stores to stress the value of small businesses and talk up his economic record. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden marks Roe anniversary by launching initiatives to protect abortion access

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

The U.S. Supreme Court is photographed on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court refuses to hear professor’s challenge to job retaliation over DEI pushback

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Thousands of pro-life activists braved snow and below-freezing temperatures to protest legalized abortion in the nation’s capital on Friday, walking to the Capitol and Supreme Court. (Sean Salai/The Washington Times)

Thousands brave snow, cold to protest abortion in 51st March for Life

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., speaks during the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the administration foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. A measure has been introduced in the U.S. House to ban imported products containing minerals critical to electric vehicle batteries but mined through child labor and other abusive conditions in Congo, where China has enormous mining stakes. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP, File)

House Republicans pass pro-life bills before Roe v. Wade anniversary

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A sign for a newly-constructed gender neutral bathroom is seen at Shawnee Mission East High School, Friday, June 16, 2023, in Prairie Village, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Supreme Court declines to take up transgender restroom policy challenge, again

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Issue 1 signs sit outside Knox Presbyterian Church on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Cincinnati. Issue 1 specifically declares an individual's right to "make and carry out one's own reproductive decisions," including abortion. Anti-abortion leaders know that their side has a seven-state losing streak in votes on abortion-related ballot measures. Even in red states such as Ohio, Kansas and Kentucky, the outcomes favored keeping abortion access legal. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

Annual Marist poll finds declining support for key pro-life positions

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Unconstitutional federal agency regulations restricting liberty illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Supreme Court must reverse Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council

By John Velleco

People stand on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, Feb.11, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court is taking up challenges by commercial fishermen to a fee requirement that could achieve a long-sought goal of business and conservative interests, limiting a wide range of government regulations. Billions of dollars are potentially at stake. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Supreme Court appears ready to curb power of executive agencies

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The U.S. Supreme Court is photographed on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Dozens of GOP lawmakers back NRA in free speech challenge at Supreme Court

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

As legal challenges mount, some companies retool diversity and inclusion programs

By Alexandra Olson and Haleluya Hadero and Anne D'Innocenzio - Associated Press

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Special counsel Jack Smith wasn’t lawfully appointed, can’t prosecute Trump, legal scholars say

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: U.S. in crisis — but unaware

A bullfighter practices at the Plaza de Toros Mexico bullring in Mexico City, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. The spectacle took a critical blow in 2022 when a judge banned bullfighting in Mexico City, but now that the country's Supreme Court of Justice has overturned the ban, the controversial sport is set to return to the capital, home to what is billed as the world's largest bullfighting ring. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Bullfighting returns to Mexico’s capital excites fans and upsets animal rights groups

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The U.S. Supreme Court is photographed on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court denies Alaska’s bid to revive the copper and gold Pebble Mine proposal blocked by EPA

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