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Appeals judges dismissive of both sides in DACA dispute

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, during the unveiling of his supplemental budget proposal at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee proposed tapping the state's reserves to meet a final timeline required for Washington state to comply with a state Supreme Court mandate on education funding, and said he wants a new tax on carbon emissions from fossil fuels to ultimately backfill that withdrawal. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Inslee proposes tapping reserves, carbon tax in budget plan

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

In this June 26, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Supreme Court declines to settle gay rights employment discrimination

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

AP News Guide: Lawmakers sue Gov. Burgum over vetoes

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press

In this June 26, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Supreme Court declines gay rights work discrimination case

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FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks at a news conference in Bismarck, N.D. Burgum was served with a lawsuit Friday, Dec. 8 that was filed by the North Dakota Legislature challenging his veto powers. The dispute arose when the governor used his line-item veto in April to change parts of several spending bills after the Legislature adjourned. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)

AP News Guide: Lawmakers sue Gov. Burgum over vetoes

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press

Push to amend Kansas Constitution on schools appears futile

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

In this Feb. 13, 2016 file photo, the Supreme Court building in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Supreme Court takes up second partisan gerrymandering case this term

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The U.S. Supreme Court, December 2013. (The Washington Times/Emily Miller)

Justices to hear Maryland partisan gerrymander dispute

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Supreme Court asked to leave in place DACA document order

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Justice Neil Gorsuch, patent protection

By Jenny Beth Martin

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 1992 file photo, Argentine forensic anthropologist Claudia Bernardi cleans a skull at a site of at least 58 human remains, including at least 50 children and a pregnant woman, in the abandoned town of El Mozote, El Salvador. The Central American nation's Supreme Court has authorized handing over six sets of skeletal remains from the 1981 El Mozote massacre to a group representing victims’ relatives after forensic experts said they were too decomposed to be individually identified by DNA testing. (AP Photo/Michael Stravato, File)

Salvadoran court turns over massacre remains to families

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Court should rule for gay couple

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Dec. 5, 2017, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The pace of confirmations for President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees has quickly become a source of pride for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and fellow Republicans while Democrats are ruing the day they changed the rules to make it easier to fast-track court picks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pace of confirmations gives McConnell chance to bask in wins

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

People sleep outside of the Supreme Court in order to save places in line for Dec. 5 arguments in 'Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission,' Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Latest: Baker and gay couple at court for cake arguments

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Lydia Macy, 17, left, and Mira Gottlieb, 16, both of Berkeley, Calif., rally outside of the Supreme Court which is hearing the 'Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission' today, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Opponents in high court wedding cake case differ over terms

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

People sleep outside of the Supreme Court in order to save places in line for Dec. 5 arguments in 'Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission,' Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kennedy seems conflicted in Supreme Court wedding cake case

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Jack Phillips brought to the Supreme Court what might be the biggest case of its kind since the high court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in 2015. Justices heard oral arguments Tuesday in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Anthony Kennedy likely to swing case of same-sex wedding cake

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

As Janae Stracke, left, and Annabelle Rutledge, both with Concerned Women for America, hold up signs, as Jessica Haas, of Indianapolis, paints during a rally with supporters of cake artist Jack Phillips outside of the Supreme Court which is hearing the 'Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission' today, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court hears same-sex wedding cake case: Free speech vs. civil rights

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Despite crowds of protesters, only two justices on the Supreme Court dissented with a decision to allow the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries. (Associated Press)

Not a final ruling, but justices OK travel ban enforcement

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press