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U.S. Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt, pictured in 1997, was part of a unanimous January ruling of the 9th Circuit Court upholding that the Supreme Court "did not expressly announce the level of scrutiny" for sexual orientation in its Windsor case ruling last June. A federal appeals court let stand a ruling that gays cannot be dismissed from a jury pool because of their sexual orientation. (AP Photo/Stephanie Turner, File )
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Visitors enter through the lobby of the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in the District. The 28,000-square-foot museum chronicles the history of crime with a number of riveting exhibits. Included is a replica of the pre-Alcatraz jail cell (below) of former mob boss Alphonse "Big Al" Capone. (crime museum photographs)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, May 28, 2014, file photo, former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez listens to the prosecution's summary of facts as he is arraigned on homicide charges at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. Hernandez is due in court for a hearing in a Boston case accusing him of the 2012 drive-by slayings of two men Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to killing Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado after a casual nightclub encounter. (AP Photo/Dominick Reuter, Pool, File)
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** FILE ** House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)