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Paul Somerville (left) and Allen Kratz of Hoboken, N.J., leave Hoboken City Hall after applying for a marriage license on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)

New Jersey gay couples in final hours of wedding planning

By Bruce Shipkowski and Geof Mulvihill - Associated Press

In this Oct. 4, 2013 photo shows a view of the newsroom of the International Herald Tribune, who will be rebranded as the International New York Times on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013 at the International Herald Tribune headquarters in Paris. The International Herald Tribune, a celebrated newspaper that long gave U.S. expatriates a cherished lifeline to events back home and a dose of Americana for foreign readers, published its last edition on Monday Oct. 14, 2013. It was 126 years old. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

EDITORIAL: The New York Times v. Obama

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Supreme Court, shown Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013 in Washington, has agreed to consider whether the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority in developing rules aimed at cutting emissions of six heat-trapping gases from factories and power plants. The justices said Tuesday they will review a unanimous federal appeals court ruling that upheld the government's unprecedented regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

EDITORIAL: Restoring due process

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia responds to a question during his appearance in part of a lecture series at Tufts University, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Medford, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Antonin Scalia: 14th Amendment for all, not ‘only the blacks’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** This photo shows the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court in a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington on Oct. 8, 2010. Seated from left to right are: Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. (Associated Press)

Supreme Court likely to uphold Michigan measure on race

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

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

Parts of climate-change agenda to come before Supreme Court

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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MILLER: Supreme Court to decide if buying a gun for a lawful person is a ‘straw purchase’

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Lawyer Alan Gura (Astrid Riecken/Special to to The Washington Times)

MILLER: Alan Gura responds to Supreme Court not taking up Woollard gun carry rights case

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

"My goodness, I thought we've held that the 14th Amendment protects all races," Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Tuesday during arguments on Michigan's constitutional amendment banning affirmative action. "I mean, that was the argument in the early years, that it protected only the blacks. But I thought we rejected that." (Associated Press)

Supreme Court justices’ comments seem to favor Michigan affirmative action ban

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Destroying the dream

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Autocam C.E.O. John Kennedy speaks during an interview at the Washington Court Hotel, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 8, 2013. Autocam is a Michigan based manufacturing company. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Obamacare becomes test of faith for employer over birth control

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

University of Michigan student Ebrie Benton demonstrates outside the Federal courthouse in Cincinnati last year where the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals was hearing oral arguments in its review of their ruling last summer that Proposal 2, the ban on affirmative action in Michigan colleges and universities, is unconstitutional. (associated press)

‘Future of affirmative action’ at stake in Michigan case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v Wade’

By Michael J. New - special to The Washington Times

**FILE** Alex Nikazmerad, 24, of North Plainfield, N.J., shouts at a vehicle passing by while holding a sign in front of First Congregational Church before a rally hosted by Garden State Equality in Montclair, N.J., hours after same-sex marriages were made legal by a state judge, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. New Jersey Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson ruled it legal for gay couples to marry in the state beginning Oct. 21, 2013. The ruling comes after a group of gay marriage supporters sued the state in July, days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down key parts of a law that blocked the federal government from granting benefits to gay couples. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

N.J. Supreme Court to hear gay marriage case

By Geoff Mulvihill - Associated Press

Court of public opinion heard on campaign cash

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

DEFENDANT: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has compared the marriage of same-sex couples to the marriage of a brother and sister. He and the state health secretary are targets of a federal lawsuit against a ban on gay marriage. (Associated Press)

Pennsylvania digs in against Supreme Court, fights to prohibit gay marriage

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

**FILE** The Supreme Court in Washington is seen June 27, 2012. (Associated Press)

Supreme Court signals skepticism of campaign finance limits

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Supreme Court vs. Constitution’

By Ray V. Hartwell III - The Washington Times

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. presided as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could lift restrictions on campaign donations to political parties and candidates. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Supreme Court skeptical of campaign finance cap

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man gestures as Israeli women of the "Women of the Wall" organization pray at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. The group convenes monthly prayer services at the Western Wall, wearing prayer shawls and performing rituals that Ultra-Orthodox Jews believe only men are allowed to do. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli high court: You can’t call yourselves Israelis

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times