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"All I was after was making sure the District had its own Hatch Act," Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C. Democrat, said Wednesday. "There's confusion as to how the law applies to D.C." (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Barry Knight of Farmingham, Mass., and a woman who did not want to give her name exchange heated words during the rally in front of the Supreme Court. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce displays a copy of the state's immigration law Wednesday as the Supreme Court heard arguments on it. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke speaks during a news conference at the Fed headquarters in Washington on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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** FILE ** Marine Sgt. Gary Stein pauses while speaking with reporters in front of the federal court building in San Diego on Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer talks to reporters in front of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 25, 2012, after the nation's highest court heard arguments over Arizona’s immigration-crackdown law, known as S.B. 1070. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Former Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce speaks to a crowd in front of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 25, 2012, as the nation's highest court hears arguments over Arizona’s immigration-crackdown law, known as S.B. 1070. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Eduardo Robles, of Harrisonburg, Va., marches with others opposed to Arizona's S.B. 1070, in front of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 25, 2012, as the nation's highest court hears arguments over Arizona’s immigration-crackdown law. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Charles Balogh, from Alexandria, Va., demonstrates April 25, 2012, in front of the Supreme Court in Washington as the court holds a hearing on Arizona's "show me your papers" immigration law. (Associated Press)

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 25, 2012, to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Secret Service prostitution scandal that embarrassed the White House and overshadowed the president's visit to a Latin American summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)