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Pro-gay rights supporter Amrita Bhowmick and her daughter Maya, 10, stand outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. The Supreme Court is hearing the case of a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, that's the latest clash of religion and gay rights to land at the highest court. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Supreme Court grapples with Christian business owner’s objection to Colorado’s pro-LGBTQ law

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - Web designer Lorie Smith is shown in her office on Nov. 7, 2022, in the southwest part of Littleton, Colo. The Supreme Court is being warned about the potentially dire consequences of a case next week involving Smith, a Christian graphic artist, who objects to designing wedding websites for same-sex couples. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Why I’m asking the Supreme Court to affirm my free speech, and yours too

By Lorie Smith

Web designer Lorie Smith is shown in her office on Nov. 7, 2022, in the southwest part of Littleton, Colo. The Supreme Court is being warned about the potentially dire consequences of a case next week involving Smith, a Christian graphic artist, who objects to designing wedding websites for same-sex couples. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Justices get second chance to strike balance between LGBTQ, First Amendment rights

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., on Oct. 8, 2022. Closing arguments are slated for Thursday, Dec. 1, in Trump's company’s criminal tax fraud case. Prosecutors and defense lawyers say those could take seven hours or more. Those projections speak to the complexity of the case, which stems from longtime Trump Organization finance chief Allen Weisselberg's 15-year scheme to avoid taxes on company-paid perks including an apartment and luxury cars. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, Pool, File)

Treasury making Trump taxes available to House committee

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on threats to the homeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court asked to block Mayorkas deportation policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Marines run to their position during an annual U.S.-Philippines joint war exercise titled Balikatan, Tagalog for "shoulder-to-shoulder," at Claveria, Cagayan province, northern Philippines, Thursday, March 31, 2022. U.S. and Filipino marines sprang from amphibious vehicles and transport helicopters to defend an island from potential aggressors during a military exercise and show of American firepower staged on Thursday in the northern Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) **FILE**

U.S. solicitor links schools’ racial preferences to military strength

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this June 29, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Term of engagement? Justices grapple with race, identity disputes

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on a special counsel Jack Smith's investigation of Trump by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

New Trump special counsel Jack Smith once pursued another Republican biggie — and lost

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump stands on stage after announcing a third run for president at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. Trump has spent years teasing the prospect of another presidential run. But in the first week since announcing his third bid for the White House, he's done little to suggest that he's organizing a traditional campaign. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Trump tears into Supreme Court after tax records defeat, says it ‘lost its honor’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 in Palm Beach, Fla. Earlier in the day Attorney General Merrick Garland named a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into the presence of classified documents at Trump's Florida estate and aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to shield tax returns from House Democrats

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 12, 2022. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Sen. Tammy Duckworth urged the Education Department to strengthen regulations against informal removals, a practice where children with disabilities are removed from the classroom for behaviors related to their disability without the removals ever being recorded as suspensions. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Lawmakers urge action after report of other Supreme Court leak

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito addresses the audience during a lecture Sept. 30, 2021 in the McCartan Courtroom at the University of Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, Ind. Alito mocked foreign leaders' criticism of the Supreme Court decision he authored overturning a constitutional right to abortion, in his first public comments since last month's ruling.(Michael Caterina /South Bend Tribune via AP, File)

Justice Alito denies leaking results of 2014 Hobby Lobby ruling, report

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters before Senate Democrats move ahead with legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriage, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

With help from GOP, same-sex marriage is one step closer to becoming law of the land

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, arrives at federal court in New York on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, after completing his three-year prison sentence, most of which was served in home confinement after the coronavirus outbreak made it easier for inmates in minimum security prison camps to gain early release. He came to the courthouse to sign documents and discuss with probation officers what will happen during his court-ordered three years of supervised release. He was Trump's longtime personal lawyer before his 2018 arrest and subsequent guilty pleas. He pledged to continue to cooperate with ongoing law enforcement probes. (AP Photo/Lawrence Neumeister) **FILE**

Judge shuts down Michael Cohen’s free speech lawsuit against Trump

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Protesters gather at the Kentucky state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Demonstrators' chants echoed through Kentucky's Capitol as Republican lawmakers started pushing aside the Democratic governor's veto of a bill putting new restrictions on abortion. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, File)

Kentucky Supreme Court weighs future of abortion access

By Bruce Schreiner and Dylan Lovan - Associated Press

Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks during the Federalist Society's 40th Anniversary at Union Station in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2022. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Justice Barrett jests about pro-choice protesters outside her home

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 7, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump listens to a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Getting Trump's tax returns is high on the list of Democratic priorities now that they have won the House. By law, the leaders of tax-writing committees in the House and Senate can obtain tax returns and related information from the Internal Revenue Service. The House panel will be controlled by the Democrats next year. Yet there’s no guarantee that the Trump administration will provide the president’s returns. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DOJ urges Supreme Court to allow Congress to access Trump tax returns

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks at a David McCormick Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania campaign event in Lititz, Friday, May 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Sen. Cruz rebukes White House for ‘no comment’ on attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This March 22, 2013, photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Congress’ grab for Trump tax returns previews new era of weaponized IRS

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

West Point Virginia high school teacher, Peter Vlaming, speaks with attorney's after his case was argued before the Supreme Court of Virginia outside the court Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, in Richmond. Va. Vlaming who was fired for refusing to use a transgender student's preferred pronouns sued West Point Public Schools. Vlaming says his rights to speak freely and exercise his religion were violated and is appealing a ruling dismissing his lawsuit. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Va. teacher who refused to use transgender student’s pronouns asks court to restore lawsuit

By Denise Lavoie - Associated Press