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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. When Democrats question Gorsuch at his Senate confirmation hearing next week, they’ll probably ask a lot about something called “Chevron deference.” For the record, it is not about letting someone ahead of you in line at the gas station. But it is a legal concept Gorsuch has addressed as a judge on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver since 2006. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Notre Dame's Brianna Turner (11) puts up a shot during a practice at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend, Ind. Thursday, March 16, 2017, in advance of the first round of the NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball Tournament hosted by Notre Dame. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP)
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Firefighters battle a five-alarm fire burning an apartment building and surrounding structures in downtown Raleigh, N.C., Thursday night, March 16, 2017. Fire was consuming an apartment building under construction. The cause of the fire is under investigation. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP)
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Nevada's Cameron Oliver (0) rejects a shot by Iowa State's Matt Thomas (21) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball tournament first-round game Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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FILE - In this March 9, 2017 file photo, former mixed martial arts fighter War Machine, also known as Jonathan Koppenhaver, left, listens to testimony during his sexual assault and attempted murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. Koppenhaver made a tactical move Thursday, March 16, to close his trial, admitting guilt to some charges to try to avoid the possibility of life in prison on more serious attempted murder and kidnapping charges in the beating of his porn star girlfriend and a man he found her with in August 2015. (Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
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Arguments and personal beliefs on President Trump's travel ban may have pushed judges to cross their legal bounds, analysts said. (Associated Press)
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Stopping Crime Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Maryland guard Melo Trimble is shown during the last seconds of the second half of the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Thursday, March 16, 2017 in Orlando, Fla. Xavier defeated Maryland 76-65. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)
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A San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department investigator takes a photo of a deputy's squad SUV after a shooting on Thursday, March 16, 2017 in Hesperia, Calif. A Southern California sheriff's deputy was shot by a suspect who returned to the scene of a robbery and assault at a gas station convenience store, authorities said.The deputy's body armor stopped at least one bullet and he suffered only minor injuries, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Danielle Larsen. Several other shots shattered the windshield of a sheriff's department SUV. (Jose Quintero/The Daily Press via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Texas City Police Department shows Karinthya Sanchez Romero. Romero and her boyfriend Andres Arturo Villagomez have been indicted on charges arising from the cyberbullying of the man's ex-girlfriend until her suicide. The Galveston couple is accused of actions that investigators say drove 18-year-old Brandy Vela to fatally shoot herself in the chest on Nov. 29. 2016 at her family's home in Texas City, about 10 miles northwest of Galveston. (Texas City Police Department via AP)
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AP Basketball Writer Doug Feinberg’s picks in the women’s NCAA college basketball tournament as seen Thursday, March 16, 2017. It’s guaranteed to be right until the first game on Friday. (AP Photo/Doug Feinberg)
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Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe (2) shoots over Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard during the fourth quarter during an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 12, 2017, in Phoenix. Portland defeated Phoenix 110-101. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
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In this May 21, 2015 file photo, Andrew O'Keefe, of Mansfield, Mass., sits in court in Attleboro, Mass. O'Keefe has been sentenced to time served after pleading guilty to posting on an FBI website that he planned to kill the president of the United States. The U.S. Attorney's office says O'Keefe will be under supervised release for five years after being sentenced Thursday, March 16, 2017, in federal court in Boston. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, File)
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In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Harun is shown. Harun, an admitted al-Qaida fighter, has been convicted in New York on Thursday, March 16, 2017, of federal terrorism charges for participating in a fierce firefight in Afghanistan that left two U.S. servicemen dead. (U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York via AP)
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Conservation police search Silver Lake in Highland, Ill., on Thursday, March 16, 2017, after a car with an infant was pulled from the lake earlier in the morning. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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A body is recovered near Silver Lake in Highland, Ill., on Thursday, March 16, 2017, after a car with an infant was pulled from the lake earlier in the morning. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Andrew Wilson, center, is accompanied by his granddaughter Souriya Hemphill, left and his daughters, Catrina Burks, second from left and Gwen Wilson, as he leaves the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Wilson, whose murder conviction was tossed by a California judge is free after 32 years in prison. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Andrew Leander Wilson, 62, right, looks at his daughter, Catrina Burks, left, as he leaves the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles on Thursday, Mar. 16, 2017. Wilson, whose murder conviction was tossed by a California judge is free after 32 years in prison. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Andrew Wilson, left, kisses his granddaughter Souriya Hemphill, middle, and his daughter, Catrina Burks, as he leaves the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Wilson, whose murder conviction was tossed by a California judge is free after 32 years in prison. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Andrew Wilson, second from left, is accompanied by his daughters, Catrina Burks, far left, and Gwen Wilson, third from left, as he leaves the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Wilson, whose murder conviction was tossed by a California judge is free Thursday after 32 years in prison. At right, students and attorneys from the Loyola Law School's Project for the Innocent, which fought for Wilson's release, pointed to numerous due-process violations. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
