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In this April 5, 2021, file photo Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., listens to a reporter's question during a news conference at a COVID-19 vaccination site in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) **FILE**

McConnell: Democrats using ‘court packing’ to ‘threaten’ justices into supporting ‘liberal agenda’

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Democrats push bill to pack the Supreme Court: ‘It is out of balance and needs to be fixed’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 6, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. &quot;My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.&quot; The quote from Ginsburg's statement dictated to granddaughter in September 2020, holds the number six spot on the Yale Law School librarian's list of the most notable quotes of 2020.. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Supreme Court justices condemn expansion efforts

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to the media, Thursday, April 15, 2021, during her weekly briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Nancy Pelosi: ‘No plans’ to bring Supreme Court expansion bill to the floor

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this June 26, 2015, file photo, a man holds a U.S. and a rainbow flag outside the Supreme Court in Washington after the court legalized gay marriage nationwide. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Alaska denied benefits to gay couples despite court rulings

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

Ziegler replaces Roggensack as Supreme Court chief justice

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Cariol Horne marches during a protest organized by We Pump 716 and the Liberation Collective, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Buffalo. Horne, a Buffalo police officer who was fired for trying to stop another officer from using a chokehold on a handcuffed suspect, has won a years-long legal fight to collect her pension on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. A state Supreme Court judge cited the changing landscape around the use of force by police and a recently passed &quot;duty to intervene&quot; statute adopted by the city. (Sharon Cantillon/The Buffalo News via AP)

Fired officer who halted excessive force arrest wins pension

By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press

Wearing a mask to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro arrives for a ceremony to deliver affordable homes built by the government, in a neighborhood of Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Apr. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil court greenlights probe of president’s virus response

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

The Supreme Court building is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Democrats plan bill to add four Supreme Court justices

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

Trump on court-packing: ‘Politically correct Supreme Court will get what they deserve’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court is siding with Google in an $8 billion copyright dispute with Oracle. The justices sided with Google 6-2 on April 5, 2021. The case has to do with Google’s creation of the Android operating system now used on the vast majority of smartphones worldwide. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Joe Biden Supreme Court commission seen as delay to placate left wing base

By Alex Swoyer and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington. The Supreme Court is telling California that it can’t enforce coronavirus-related restrictions that have limited home-based religious worship including Bible studies and prayer meetings.The order from the court late Friday, April 9, 2021, is the latest in a recent string of cases in which the high court has barred officials from enforcing some coronavirus-related restrictions applying to religious gatherings. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

High court halts Calif. virus rules limiting home worship

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

In this Nov. 6, 2020, photo, the Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington. The Supreme Court is telling California that it can’t enforce coronavirus-related restrictions that have limited home-based religious worship including Bible studies and prayer meetings. The order from the court late Friday, April 9, 2021, is the latest in a recent string of cases in which the high court has barred officials from enforcing some coronavirus-related restrictions applying to religious gatherings. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Supreme Court strikes down California ban on in-home religious gatherings

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, appointed by President Bill Clinton, sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Justice Breyer told CNN in a July 2021 interview he was uncertain as to if or when he'd retire from the high court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Progressives launch pressure campaign calling for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A jogger takes a early morning run at the Capitol, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 in Washington, as Senate Republicans work toward the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Liberals activists push for expanding lower federal court bench, adding Democratic appointees

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 20, 2019, file photo, Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman, from El Salvador, appears in Washoe District Court in Reno, Nev. A death penalty dispute goes before Nevada's Supreme Court Wednesday, April 7, 2021, when justices hear arguments about how long Martinez-Guzma's lawyers should have to prove he's intellectually disabled and therefore can't be executed if convicted of four murders. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File)

Nevada Supreme Court hears venue fight in quadruple killing

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, appointed by President Bill Clinton, sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Justice Breyer told CNN in a July 2021 interview he was uncertain as to if or when he'd retire from the high court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Justice Stephen G. Breyer says expanding the Supreme Court would be ‘eroding trust’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Appeals Court sides against businesses in virus-related case

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In this Oct. 4, 2018, file photo, the U.S. Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington. The Supreme Court is siding with Google in an $8 billion copyright dispute with Oracle. The justices sided with Google 6-2 on April 5, 2021. The case has to do with Google’s creation of the Android operating system now used on the vast majority of smartphones worldwide. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Supreme Court sides with Google in copyright dispute with Oracle

By Jessica Gresko - Associated Press

In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, appointed by President Bill Clinton, sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Justice Breyer told CNN in a July 2021 interview he was uncertain as to if or when he'd retire from the high court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Supreme Court sides with Google in copyright battle against Oracle

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times