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In this Feb. 10, 2020, file photo U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks during a discussion on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Ruth Bader Ginsburg undergoes medical procedure at hospital

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The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington. (Associated Press)

DOJ releases new religious liberty guidance on grants

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Kentucky criminal jury trials may resume next week

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Suit again targets N.C. private school scholarship program

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Court rejects appeal from Delaware soccer tournament shooter

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President Donald Trump smiles after autographing a section of the border wall during a tour, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in San Luis, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

ACLU asks Supreme Court to halt Donald Trump’s border wall

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 30, 2020 file photo, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks during a news conference in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma Supreme Court says Gov. Kevin Stitt overstepped his authority when he reached a casino gambling agreement with two Native American tribes. In a 7-1 decision on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, the high court determined the compacts Stitt signed with the Comanche Nation and Otoe-Missouria Tribes are &quot;invalid under Oklahoma law.&quot; (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki File)

Oklahoma high court: Governor overstepped with tribal deal

By SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press

Lamont appoints judges to state Supreme and Appellate courts

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Crews work to remove the John C. Calhoun statue from its column in Marion Square in Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, June 24, 2020. (Matthew Fortner/The Post And Courier via AP)

SC lawmaker: Move a Confederate monument, lose state money

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2019, photo, former felon Yolanda Wilcox, left, fills out a voter registration form as her best friend Gale Buswell looks on at the Supervisor of Elections office in Orlando, Fla. In a ruling Thursday, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to hear an appeal from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to limit the reach on Amendment 4, the ballot measure approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2018 that allowed felons to regain the right to vote. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

Supreme Court upholds stay on Florida law restoring voting rights to felons

By James Varney - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks with author Jeffrey Rosen at the National Constitution Center Americas Town Hall at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital

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President Donald Trump speaks during a law enforcement briefing on the MS-13 gang in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump attorneys vow to raise new objections to tax subpoena from New York prosecutors

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a law enforcement briefing on the MS-13 gang in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Lawyers: Trump might claim harassment in tax return quest

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

In this Oct. 31 1997, file photo, Daniel Lewis Lee waits for his arraignment hearing for murder in the Pope County Detention Center in Russellville, Ark. Relatives of the victims of Daniel Lewis Lee have pleaded for him to receive the same life sentence as the ringleader in the plot that led to the slayings. Now, family members say their grief is compounded by the push to execute Lee, of Yukon, Oklahoma, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.(Dan Pierce/The Courier via AP, File)

Daniel Lewis Lee executed; first use of death penalty in 17 years

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Office patrol the grounds of the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown Monday, July 13, 2020. Daniel Lewis Lee, a convicted killer, was scheduled to be executed at 4 p.m. He was convicted in Arkansas of the 1996 killings of gun dealer William Mueller, his wife, Nancy, and her 8-year-old daughter, Sarah Powell. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Whether inmate mentally fit for execution could cause delay

By MICHAEL TARM and ROXANA HEGEMAN - Associated Press

n this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks with author Jeffrey Rosen at the National Constitution Center Americas Town Hall at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized: Report

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this May 16, 2001, file photo, the entrance to the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind. A Zen Buddhist priest wants a federal judge to stop the execution of a federal death row inmate he’s been counseling and argues he would be put at high risk for the coronavirus if the execution happens this month. Dale Hartkemeyer goes by the religious name Seigen. He filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Indiana. The 68-year-old wants the court to delay Wesley Ira Purkey’s execution until a coronavirus vaccine is available or there’s a widespread effective treatment. Purkey is one of four federal death row inmates scheduled to be executed in July and August. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Judge halts execution amid claims inmate isn’t mentally fit

By Michael Balsamo and Michael Tarm - Associated Press

The Supreme Court building is photographed early Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Supreme Court to hear Georgia Gwinnet College case about religion, free speech

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 31, 1997, file photo, Daniel Lewis Lee waits for his arraignment hearing for murder in the Pope County Detention Center in Russellville, Ark. (Dan Pierce/The Courier via AP, File)

Victims’ relatives ask Supreme Court to delay execution, cite coronavirus concerns

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Supreme Court justices, rulings poised to become pivotal issue in Senate races

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times