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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Supreme Court needs nine

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Chicago Cubs' Addison Russell, right, is introduced before the National League wild card game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Cubs’ pursuit of World Series again the focus as baseball season gets underway

By Ben Walker - Associated Press

President Obama is growing more confident that the GOP will yield in its blockade against Judge Merrick Garland's confirmation to the Supreme Court, with at least 16 Republican senators having met with or agreeing to meet with the nominee. (Associated Press)

Obama’s confidence higher over Supreme Court pick

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this March 1, 2016, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks to reporters following a closed-door policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington. The Supreme Court fight is about to get personal. Republicans prepared March 14 to unleash a torrent of activity opposing President Barack Obama's nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. As the president neared an announcement, Obama's allies, too, were priming for an election-year fight. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Mitch McConnell, conservative hero?

By Judson Phillips

Judge Merrick Garland, left, President Barack Obama&#8217;s choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, meets with Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 30, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

CAL THOMAS: Left tweaks Constitution to fit agenda

By Cal Thomas

Missing Scalia on Wetlands Decision Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DAMIEN SCHIFF: Supreme Court wetlands review will test Antonin Scalia’s legacy

By Damien Schiff

Nuns have fought legal requirements to provide birth control to their employees at Roman Catholic charities. (Associated Press/File)

Supreme Court seeks new remedy in birth control case

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., from left, Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, stand together during the signing of the National Anthem, before the start of the Republican presidential debate sponsored by CNN, Salem Media Group and the Washington Times at the University of Miami, Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Ex-attorney says D.C. Madam’s phone records are ‘relevant’ to presidential race

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Hillary Clinton said her Supreme Court nominees would have to prove that they would uphold the Roe v. Wade decision establishing a national right to abortion and would have to show that they would overturn the Citizens United decision that established free speech campaign rights for interest groups. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton would impose abortion, campaign finance litmus tests on Supreme Court nominees

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The administration began accepting DACA applications in August 2012, in the middle of President Obama's re-election bid. In 2014, after his party was crushed in midterm congressional elections, Mr. Obama tried to expand the amnesty to three years and making as many as 5 million illegal immigrant parents eligible. (Associated Press)

Obama amnesty undercut by sky-high applications approval rate for illegal immigrant Dreamers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley (Associated Press/File) ** FILE **

Chuck Grassley faces Merrick Garland hearing supporters on Iowa tour

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, sits during a meeting with Sen. Robert Casey, D-Pa., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Nearly two-thirds favor hearings for Judge Merrick Garland; most support confirmation: poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Georgetown Law School in Washington, Thursday, March 24, 2016. Biden is pointing to his years as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman to cast Republicans' election-year Supreme Court blockade as a dangerous new escalation of partisanship. In a speech at Georgetown Law School, Biden, took credit for moving eight Supreme Court nominees through the committee and to a vote on the Senate floor. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Joe Biden: Senate GOP ‘ridiculous’ for using my words to block Obama’s Supreme Court nominee

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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JENNY BETH MARTIN: No confirmation hearings until after the election

By Jenny Beth Martin

Nuns with the Little Sisters of The Poor, including Sister Celestine, left, and Sister Jeanne Veronique, center, rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, as the court hears arguments to allow birth control in health care plans in the Zubik vs. Burwell case. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Birth control carve-out in Obamacare splits the Supreme Court

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Charles E. Schumer met with Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Chuck Schumer says GOP should back Judge Garland for Supreme Court

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 1, 2016, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks to reporters following a closed-door policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington. The Supreme Court fight is about to get personal. Republicans prepared March 14 to unleash a torrent of activity opposing President Barack Obama's nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. As the president neared an announcement, Obama's allies, too, were priming for an election-year fight. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Democrats didn’t get voters’ 2014 Supreme Court memo

By Judson Phillips

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Race is no basis for judgment

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES