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Employees tend to marijuana plants at a grow house in Denver on Dec. 31, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Supreme Court declines to halt Colorado’s marijuana-friendly law

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid predicted that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will eventually cave when pressure grows too high on his fellow Republicans. Mr. Reid told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that Mr. McConnell is "marching [his fellow Republicans] over a cliff, and I don't think they're going to go." (Associated Press)

Republican senators skipping recess to block Obama Supreme Court appointment

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, meets Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Harry Reid, Senate minority leader: GOP senators will buck leadership on Supreme Court pick

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally at the Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort in Flagstaff, Ariz., Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Bernie Sanders: If elected, I’d ask Obama to withdraw Garland nomination to make own SCOTUS pick

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

With the nomination of Merrick Garland likely to be President Obama's last for the Supreme Court, he's facing disappointment from his base that the nation's first black president has failed to place a black jurist on the court. (Associated Press)

Obama’s choice of white male Merrick Garland for Supreme Court sparks liberal backlash

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Planned Parenthood chief Cecile Richards said stripping her organization of federal funding would cut off access to birth control, cancer screenings and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood: Give Merrick Garland ‘a fair hearing’

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

President Obama is on a media blitz to pressure the Senate Republican leadership to schedule a confirmation hearing and vote on Judge Merrick Garland, who has been waiting seven weeks for action. (Associated Press/File)

Merrick Garland nominated to Supreme Court by Obama

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama will reportedly announce his Supreme Court nominee on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Obama Supreme Court nominee to be announced Wednesday: report

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court would flip from narrow conservative control to a 5-4 liberal majority with a justice nominated by President Obama. Conservatives are campaigning to "let the people decide" with the November election. (Associated Press)

Obama Supreme Court candidates Paul Watford, Sri Srinivasan, Merrick Garland scrutinized

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama rallies for his longtime friend and political ally, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who is seeking a second term, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama interviews Supreme Court candidates to replace Antonin Scalia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen in this June 30, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Supreme Court reverses Alabama court, grants lesbian’s adoption

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington in this Feb. 17, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Merrick Garland, Sri Srinivasan, appellate judges, being vetted for Supreme Court seat

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Donald Trump says GOP leaders risk loss of Supreme Court

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Most Americans want Senate to hold hearings on Supreme Court nominee: poll

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

With President Barack Obama's action running out of time to temporarily protect up to five million unauthorized immigrants from deportation, supporters of the measure to keep families together rally at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court for a speedy decision on his policy which allows certain illegal immigrants who entered the country before their 16th birthday and before June 2007 to receive a renewable two-year work permit and exemption from deportation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House will vote to oppose Obama deportation amnesty in courts

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses as speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, before the presenting the Medal of Honor to Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Byers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate Republicans tell Obama: No hearings for Supreme Court nominee

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses as he answers questions from members of the media during his meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Obama urged the Republican-run Senate to fulfill its "constitutional responsibility" and consider his Supreme Court nominee, pushing back on GOP leaders who insist there will be no hearing or vote when he names a successor to the late Justice Antonin Scalia. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama to meet with GOP leaders on court fight

By Kathleen Hennessey - Associated Press

The final batch of Hillary Clinton's emails that the State Department has in its custody — 2,000 of them — is due to be released Monday. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s email account an open secret in Washington long before scandal broke

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Signs directing to the office of the Firearms Registration Unit at the District's Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Washington, D.C., are seen here Jan. 2, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) **FILE**

Appeals court declines to rehear challenge to D.C. gun registration laws

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times