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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hobby Lobby ruling was the right one

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley argues the state buffer-zone law has kept the peace around abortion clinics. (Associated Press)

Activists sue to block New Hampshire abortion ‘buffer zone’ law

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf. (Screen grab from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_G._Kopf_District_Judge.jpg)

Federal judge angered by Hobby Lobby decision tells Supreme Court to ‘stfu’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept. 19, 2013 file photo shows Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaking at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del. The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Michigan's ban on using race as a factor in college admissions. The justices said in a 6-2 ruling that Michigan voters had the right to change their state constitution to prohibit public colleges and universities from taking account of race in admissions decisions. The justices said that a lower federal court was wrong to set aside the change as discriminatory. In dissent, Sotomayor said the decision tramples on the rights of minorities, even though the amendment was adopted democratically. “But without checks, democratically approved legislation can oppress minority groups,” said Sotomayor, who read her dissent aloud in the courtroom Tuesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

EDITORIAL: Justice Sotomayor and the phony ‘war on women’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.s' opinion in Riley v. California is likely to have long-term implications for cellphone data collection. (associated press)

Phone snoop ruling sets precedent on technology

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

HUMPHRIES: Liberal Bully of the Week

By Rusty Humphries - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Sept. 19, 2013, file photo shows Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in Newark, Del. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Birth control issues rattle high court; female justices outraged by stance on nonprofits

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

HUMPHRIES: Liberal bully of the week … Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Rusty Humphries

FILE - President Barack Obama reacts as he misses a shot while golfing on the first hole at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

ISTOOK: Celebrate the Fourth by requiring Obama to respect our Constitution

By Ernest Istook

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (L) stands with fellow Justices Anthony Kennedy (2nd from L), Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan (R) prior to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

EDITORIAL: Rebuking Obama, recapturing liberty lost

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE -This Dec. 17, 2013 file photo shows anti-abortion protester Eleanor McCullen, of Boston, standing at the painted edge of a buffer zone outside a Planned Parenthood location in Boston. The Supreme Court has struck down a 35-foot protest-free zone outside abortion clinics in Massachusetts. The justices were unanimous Thursday that extending a buffer zone 35 feet from clinic entrances violates the First Amendment rights of protesters. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Abortion clinic buffer zone ruling creates temporary reprieve, push for new laws

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gestures as he speaks, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 to a joint meeting of the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches and the Palm Beach County Bar Association at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. Alito said the high court should never worry about its popularity when deciding cases. Alito told an audience of more than 1,100 people that the nine justices would undermine the court's standing if they were concerned about public opinion. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

HARPER: A justice’s argument overridden by a media agenda

By Christopher Harper

FILE - In this March 25, 2014 file photo, Barbara Green, wife of David Green, founder and chief executive officer of Hobby Lobby, speaks to the media in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. The Monday, June 30, 2014 Supreme Court ruling that the Hobby Lobby crafts store chain does not have to provide all forms of birth control marks the first time the high court has said some businesses can hold religious views under federal law, in cases where there is essentially no difference between the business and its owners. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

ISTOOK: Ruling thwarts Obama’s attack on the profit motive

By Ernest Istook

Illustration on Obama's targeting of political opposition by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: From an inherited tyrant to an elected one

By Andrew P. Napolitano