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FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2017, file photo Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks at the Federalist Society's 2017 National Lawyers Convention in Washington. Gorsuch has been almost exactly what conservatives hoped for and liberals dreaded when he joined the Supreme Court in April. He has consistently, even aggressively, lined up with the court’s most conservative justices. He has even split with Chief Justice John Roberts, viewed by some as insufficiently conservative because of his two opinions upholding the Obama health care law. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Gorsuch establishes conservative cred in 1st year on court

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

In this July 6, 2016, file photo, Oscar Pistorius, center, arrives at the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, for a sentencing hearing for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his home on Valentine's Day 2013. Pistorius has had his prison sentence extended to 13 years and 5 months in the High Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein Friday, Nov. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed, File)

Oscar Pistorius’ prison sentence increased to 13 years, 5 months

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Illustration on patents and protection of American intellectual property by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Supreme Court to hear property rights, patent protection case

By Jenny Beth Martin

A woman with the word "Legalize" painted across her mouth marched in Rio de Janeiro against a recent congressional committee vote to make abortion illegal without exception throughout Brazil. (Associated Press/File)

Brazil’s abortion ban legislation bucks South America trend

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

South Carolina Supreme Court ends 24-year-old school lawsuit

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

Conservative firm challenges DPI’s authority again

By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press

Supporters of Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, hold up a poster and celebrate in Nairobi Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, after Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday upheld President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election in a repeat vote that the opposition boycotted while saying electoral reforms had not been made. The decision appeared to put an end to a months-long political drama never before seen in Africa that has left dozens dead. (AP Photo/John Muchucha)

Kenya top court upholds Uhuru Kenyatta’s win in repeat election

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

Florida gov wants Supreme Court justice off crucial case

By GARY FINEOUT - Associated Press

The Supreme Court at sunset is shown in this Feb. 13, 2016 file photo. On Nov. 17, 2017, the Trump White House added five judges to the president's short list for when the next vacancy on the high court's bench opens up. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) ** FILE **

Donald Trump announces five more judges to be considered for Supreme Court

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Security personel guard outside the supreme court after its hearing in the crucial case to dissolve the country's main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. Cambodia's Supreme Court ordered the main opposition party to be dissolved on Thursday, dealing a crushing blow to democratic aspirations in the increasingly oppressive Southeast Asian state. The decision clears the way for the nation's authoritarian leader to remain in power for years to come. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia’s top court orders opposition party dissolved

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

High court to rule in Dayton’s fight with Legislature

By KYLE POTTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2013 file photo, Southern Coalition for Social Justice director Anita Earls, who is representing the NAACP, makes a point during her presentation in Raleigh, N.C. Earls is running for the state Supreme Court next year. She announced plans Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at state Democratic Party headquarters to run for an eight-year term in 2018. (Takaaki Iwabu/The News &amp; Observer via AP, File)

Civil rights attorney running for North Carolina high court

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

High court will soon rule in Dayton’s fight with Legislature

By KYLE POTTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2017, file photo, employees walk past logos of the Samsung Electronics Co. at its office in Seoul, South Korea. Overturning an appeals court's decision, South Korea's Supreme Court says on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, a family of a Samsung worker who died of brain tumor should be eligible for state compensation for occupational disease. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Samsung worker killed by brain tumor wins compensation case

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

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

Supreme Court to decide if religious nonprofit clinics must post abortion signs

By Alex Swoyer and Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 19, 2017 photo, Sheri McMichael and Melissa Vaccaro pose with a photo of their brother Steven Turner in Harrisburg, Pa. For Vaccaro and her family, Steven's 1981 murder is a wound that never healed, and now it's been opened again by the possibility that Steven's killer could soon gain his freedom. (James Robinson/PennLive.com via AP)

Family still grieves child’s 1981 murder

By STEVE MARRONI and PennLive.com - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, file photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a rally, in Fairhope, Ala. According to a Washington Post story Nov. 9, an Alabama woman said Moore made inappropriate advances and had sexual contact with her when she was 14. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Moore denies sexual misconduct, but GOP fears election risk

By STEVE PEOPLES and KIMBERLY CHANDLER - Associated Press

Delaware prosecutors consider death penalty in prison riot

By RANDALL CHASE - Associated Press