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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Armed Services Committee and the Judiciary Committee, responds during a TV news interview to a question about President Donald Trump's administration and ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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Pakistani volunteers carry the dead body of an alleged militant killed in a crackdown operation by security forces to a mortuary in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Pakistani security forces arrested dozens of suspects in sweeping raids a day after a massive bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed dozens of worshippers at a famed Sufi shrine in a southern province. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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FILE - In this Friday, June 18, 2015 file photo, police tape surrounds the parking lot behind the AME Emanuel Church as FBI forensic experts work the crime scene where nine people where shot by Dylann Storm Roof, 21, in Charleston, S.C. Since the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, the Southern Poverty Law Center has tracked domestic terrorist plots and attacks in the United States. It lists more than 100, including the slaying of nine black churchgoers during a 2015 prayer meeting in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
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FILE - In this April 21, 1995 file photo, Timothy James McVeigh is led out of the Noble County Courthouse by state and federal law enforcement officials in Perry, Okla., after being identified as a suspect in the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal building. In 1995, domestic terrorism seemed to be the most immediate threat to Americans. Now President Donald Trump and and his supporters say the nation’s greatest security risk lies in attackers who potentially sneak into the U.S. from abroad. (AP Photo/John Gaps III, File)
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Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch listed two religious liberty rulings among his top 10 on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and was quoted by Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a 2015 opinion. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Michigan forward Moritz Wagner (13) and Wisconsin guard D'Mitrik Trice (0) compete for possession during the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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California Claim Jumpers Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2014, file photo, Illinois Attorney Gen. Lisa Madigan speaks at a news conference in Chicago. St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert LeChien denied a request by Madigan to halt state worker paychecks unless lawmakers resolve the state's budget impasse Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 in Belleville, Ill. Rauner has criticized Attorney General Lisa Madigan's legal move, suggesting she wanted to create a "crisis" that would shut down the government. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks in the Illinois House chamber in Springfield, Ill. St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert LeChien denied a request by the state's attorney general to halt state worker paychecks unless lawmakers resolve the state's budget impasse, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in Belleville, Ill. Rauner has criticized Attorney General Lisa Madigan's legal move, suggesting she wanted to create a "crisis" that would shut down the government. (Ted Schurter/The State Journal-Register via AP, File)
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Ryan Kiesel, right, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma, listens as Bob Nelon, left, attorney for the Center for Media and Democracy, speaks in court in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. An Oklahoma judge has ordered state Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, to turn over documents related to his communication with coal, oil and gas corporations. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Jeb Joseph, right, assistant attorney general, speaks with Bob Nelon, left, attorney for the Center for Media and Democracy, in court in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. An Oklahoma judge has ordered state Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, to turn over documents related to his communication with coal, oil and gas corporations. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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FILE - In this July 10, 2013 file photo, Bob Leonard walks to a pretrial hearing in Indianapolis. Leonard was convicted in the November 2012 natural gas explosion that destroyed the house of his half-brother's then-girlfriend, killed two next-door neighbors and damaged or destroyed dozens of homes. He was sentenced to two consecutive life prison terms without parole, plus 70 years. The Indiana Supreme Court is hearing arguments Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in Leonard's appeal of his murder and arson convictions. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
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FILE - In this May 22, l995, file photo, James Nichols is escorted into the U.S. District Court building in Detroit. Nichols, the brother of Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in a Saginaw, Mich., hospital following a lengthy illness. He was 62. (AP Photo/Richard Sheinwald, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2017, file photo, Karen Shore holds up a sign outside of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Calif. President Donald Trump's administration said in court documents on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, it wants an end to the legal fight over its ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations and will instead issue a replacement ban. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2017, file photo, Kay Aull, from left, holds a sign and chants with Beth Kohn, Paul Paz y Mino and Karen Shore outside of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Calif. President Donald Trump's administration said in court documents on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, it wants an end to the legal fight over its ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations and will instead issue a replacement ban. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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This undated photo provided by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office shows Roger Lee Largent in Hagerstown, Md. Largent’s rape conviction was overturned Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, four days after he was found slain in a state prison cell. (Washington County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
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This Oct. 9, 2014, file photo shows the gurney in the the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla. On Friday, April 14, an Arkansas judge ordered the state to halt its planned lethal-injection executions in light of a pharmaceutical company objecting to the use of their drugs for that purpose. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) **FILE**
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Atlanta Braves pitcher R.A. Dickey loosens up during a spring training baseball workout in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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This Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017 image from video provided by KIVI-TV shows an indoor pet, a squirrel named Joey in Meridian, Idaho. Police said the squirrel has thwarted a burglary attempt. The Meridian Police Department said a juvenile entered the home last week and told police after later being arrested that the squirrel attacked him when he tried to break into a gun safe. (KIVI-TV via AP)
