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** FILE ** This Oct. 18, 2012, file photo shows Edith Windsor interviewed at the offices of the New York Civil Liberties Union, in New York. The fight over gay marriage is shifting from the ballot box to the Supreme Court. Three weeks after voters in three states backed it, the justices meet Friday to decide whether they should deal sooner rather than later with the idea that the Constitution gives people the right to marry regardless of a couple's sexual orientation. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Even in Utah: Judge strikes down state gay marriage ban

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

ORSI: No greater act of loyalty to the Constitution

By Michael P. Orsi

FILE - In this Oct. 29,2013 file photo, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration will continue the National Security Agency's surveillance programs and cyber command operations under the direction of a single military commander, the first move in advance of what published reports described Friday as limited changes proposed by a task force that deliberated for months in secrecy. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

NAPOLITANO: NSA spies pick up interference from the Constitution

By Andrew P. Napolitano

**FILE** Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (center), Vermont Democrat, speaks with committee members and Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer (right) of New York and Dianne Feinstein of California on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 22, 2013, during the committee's hearing on immigration reform. (Associated Press)

Top Democrats reject court ruling over NSA spying on Americans

By Stephen Dinan and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by TLC, Kody Brown, center, poses with his wives, from left, Janelle, Christine, Meri, and Robyn in a promotional photo for TLC's reality TV show, "Sister Wives." Advocacy groups for polygamy and individual liberties on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, hailed a federal judge's ruling that key parts of Utah's polygamy laws are unconstitutional, saying it will remove the threat of arrest for those families. The ruling was a victory for Brown and his four wives and other fundamentalist Mormons who believe polygamy brings exaltation in heaven. (AP Photo/TLC, Bryant Livingston, File)

We told you so: Conservatives foresaw polygamy ruling

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaks with reporters following a closed-door briefing by intelligence agencies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. (Associated Press)

Feinstein: Judge got NSA ruling wrong

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

ISTOOK: Enlarging his rule, shrinking the Constitution

By Ernest Istook

Indian gay rights activists and others stand outside the Supreme Court after the top court ruled that a colonial-era law criminalizing homosexuality will remain in effect in India in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

India top court rules homosexuality is illegal

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 4, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to announce the judicial nominations including Patricia Ann Millett, right, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Senate Democrats have approved a key judicial nominee from President Barack Obama, the first nomination cleared since they weakened Senate filibuster rules.The Senate voted 56-38 to approve Millett's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Senate confirms Obama judge following filibuster rule change

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer noted during arguments Tuesday the fact the Environmental Protection Agency has been granted by courts wide latitude in how it interprets the Clean Air Act. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

High court likely to allow Obama’s clean-air rules

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

MINICK: Still waiting for an Obamacare exemption

By Emily Minick

Shamela Paul shops for an iPad at the Pembroke Pines, Fla. Best Buy store, Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the nation's biggest shopping day of the year. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Cyber Monday, Gray Thursday reflect sales shift

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Oct. 7, 2013, file photo shows people wait in line to enter the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Justices won’t hear appeal of N.Y. Internet taxation

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** FILE ** This Oct. 7, 2013, file photo shows people wait in line to enter the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Supreme Court rejects LIberty University’s Obamacare appeal

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Stacey Rambold stands in a courtroom on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, in Billings, Mont., after sentencing by Judge G. Todd Baugh for the rape of Cherice Moralez. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, Paul Ruhter)

Montana appeals teacher’s rape sentence

By Matt Gouras - Associated Press

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

BOWMAN: Defending religious freedom from Obamacare

By Matthew S. Bowman

People wait to enter, outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, on Monday March, 25, 2013, a day before the case for gay and lesbian couples rights, will be argued before the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Supreme Court to decide Obamacare birth control mandate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Visitors walk past the Supreme Court in Washington on Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obamacare birth control dispute weaves to Supreme Court

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

STEWARD: Turning the green Earth greener

By H. Leighton Steward

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NAPOLITANO: Contrasting the shutdown to the rollout

By Andrew P. Napolitano