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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor addresses a joint meeting of the Forum Club and Palm Beach Bar Association Feb. 2, 2015. She downplayed hopes for in-court cameras of the upcoming gay marriage arguments. (AP Photo/The Palm Beach Post, Damon Higgins)

No in-court cameras for gay marriage case

By Matt Sedensky and Sam Hananel - Associated Press

As a labor law expert, Peter Kirsanow was often asked to testify at congressional hearings. When President George W. Bush nominated him to the civil rights commission, Chair Mary Frances Berry initially refused to swear him in, arguing the previous commissioner's term had not expired, and telling Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer that it would take "federal marshals" to seat him, according to The Associated Press. (Associated Press)

Peter Kirsanow of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights fights bigotry of good intentions

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This Nov. 18, 2014, file photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, as seen from the roof of the U.S. Capitol. Anthony Elonis claimed he was just kidding when he posted a series of graphically violent rap lyrics on Facebook about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and attacking an FBI agent. But his wife didn't see it that way. Neither did a federal jury. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

DAVID NEW: Is same-sex marriage constitutional?

By David New

SCOTT BLACKBURN: Dire predictions about Citizens United prove false

By Scott Blackburn

Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, is hoping the Supreme Court will rule against the Obama administration in the case over exchanges and subsidies, but the administration is using Mr. Hatch's own words to defend the law, citing an op-ed he wrote about the Affordable Care Act five years ago. (Associated Press)

Orrin Hatch op-ed being used to defend Obamacare in Supreme Court case

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

$FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2014, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reid has returned to the Capitol after missing the first two weeks of the new session with major injuries from an exercise accident. The Senate's top Democrat has broken bones in his face and fractured ribs suffered when a piece of exercise equipment broke and sent him barreling into cabinets at his new home in Nevada. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)$

Democrats who wrote Obamacare tell Supreme Court to reject lawsuit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama shares a humorous moment with a group of doctors from around the country in the Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2009, prior to a health insurance reform event at the White House.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Up to 20 percent of taxpayers to claim Obamacare exemption

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 29, 2011, photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Charles Warner. Warner was executed Jan. 15, 2015 for the 1997 killing of his roommate's 11-month-old daughter. The Supreme Court is stepping into the issue of lethal injection executions for the first time since 2008 in an appeal filed by death row inmates in Oklahoma. The justices agreed Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, to review whether the sedative midazolam can be used in executions because of concerns that it does not produce a deep, comalike unconsciousness and ensure that a prisoner does not experience intense and needless pain when other drugs are injected to kill him. The order came eight days after the court refused to halt the execution Warner that employed the same combination of drugs. The appeal was brought to the court by four Oklahoma inmates with execution dates ranging from January to March. The justices allowed Warner to be put to death and denied stays of execution for the other three. Friday's order does not formally call a halt to those scheduled procedures. But it is inconceivable that the court would allow them to proceed when the justices already have agreed to a full-blown review of the issue. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections, File)

Supreme Court agrees to review use of drug used in troubled Oklahoma execution

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

Anti-abortion demonstrators march past the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, during the annual March for Life. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators are gathering in Washington for an annual march to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

March for Life reflects abortion awareness among young generation

By Christopher White and Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

President Obama, greeting Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. before delivering his the State of the Union address, as a member of the Senate in 2005 voted against confirming the justice who would deliver the decisive vote in favor of his health care act. (Associated Press)

Obama assails Supreme Court over campaign-finance ruling

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

(Associated Press/File)

March for Life will coincide with House vote on abortion

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, talks with Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., left, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House Democrats launch bid to revive base after humbling midterms

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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

Supreme Court: Feds can’t fire whistleblowers for preserving public safety

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

US President Barack Obama arrives to deliver the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on January 20, 2015 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/POOL/MANDEL NGAN

Obamacare plays a bit role in State of the Union, even as it looms large in GOP agenda

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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

Gay marriage: Supreme Court sets stage for historic ruling

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 26, 2013, file photo, gay rights advocate Vin Testa waves a rainbow flag in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. It was announced Friday that the Supreme Court will decide gay marriage issue this term. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Eric Holder: Obama admin will support gay marriage in Supreme Court case

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

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

Supreme Court to address gay marriage this year

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times