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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Roger Taney upheld the law

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

David Ermold, right, is hugged by Taral Thompson following the refusal of the Rowan County clerk's office to issue a marriage license to he and his partner, in defiance of a federal judge's decision in Morehead, Ky., Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has already filed a notice of appeal and plans to request a stay on the ruling. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Kentucky clerk ignores gay marriage order, asks judge for delay

By Claire Galofaro and Adam Beam - Associated Press

August 10, 1821: Missouri granted statehood.

W. SCOTT LAMB: Missouri granted statehood on this date in 1821

By W. Scott Lamb

FILE - This April 11, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama, flanked by outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, and his nominee to replace her, current Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. There’s a new health insurance term in the glossary, and it could mean thousands of dollars out of your pocket. It’s a cost-control strategy called “reference pricing.” It puts a hard dollar limit on what health plans pay for certain expensive procedures _ like knee and hip replacements. The Obama administration has given the go-ahead for insurers and employers to use the approach, setting aside some legal concerns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

D.C. Circuit won’t rehear ‘origination clause’ suit against Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A poll worker prepares to program a electronic voting booth access card in Madison, Miss., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, as voters statewide are choosing Democratic and Republican nominees for governor and lieutenant governor. Three other statewide races have Republican primaries only. They are for auditor, treasurer and insurance commissioner. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Obama decries voter ID laws, chastises Americans who don’t vote

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration on the judicial system's sanctioning of abortion by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: The dark side of Planned Parenthood

By Andrew P. Napolitano

A sample of the Sons of Confederate Veterans specialty Virginia state license plate in Richmond, Va., is seen here on May 2, 2002. (Mark Gormus/Richmond Times Dispatch via Associated Press) **FILE**

Virginia can outlaw Confederate license plates, federal judge rules

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

In this June 26, 2015, photo, people begin to enter the Supreme Court in Washington. Meeting on Monday, June 29, for the final time until the fall, the Supreme Court has three cases remaining to be decided (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court gets lowest favorabilty ratings in 30 years; few say it’s ‘conservative’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Celebrate Liberty Month: The Courts as Guardians of Liberty

By Charles J. Cooper

Ilya Somin

Celebrate Liberty Month: It’s Time To End The Poor Relation Status Of Constitutional Property Rights

By Ilya Somin

Newt Gingrich screen shot 07-28-15

WATCH: Newt Gingrich: The Supreme Court is a revolving constitutional convention

By Newt Gingrich

Celebrate Liberty Month: The Supreme Court should leave well enough alone

By Ann C. Hodges

Celebrate Liberty Month: Friedrichs v. Calif. Teachers’ Association

By Michael Rosman

In this March 16, 2011, file photo, exhaust rises from smokestacks in front of piles of coal in Thompsons, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) **FILE**

EPA must rewrite cross-state pollution, court says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Mother Patricia Mary walks in the chapel at the Mullen Home for the Aged, run by Little Sisters of the Poor, in Denver on Jan. 2, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Nuns push Supreme Court to hear Obama birth-control mandate case

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

CELEBRATE LIBERTY MONTH: The government needs prayers

By David F. Forte