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Illustration on Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Iowa guard Tania Davis, left, is fouled by Maryland center Brionna Jones, center, as she shoots against Jones and Maryland forward Stephanie Jones (24) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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In this Jan. 17, 2017 photo, Father Heriberto Vergara looks at a photograph of his slain colleague, Father Rene Robert in St. Augustine, Fla. Last summer, after a multi-state manhunt that started in Florida and stretched to South Carolina, police arrested Steven Murray in connection with the 71-year-old Robert's killing. Murray led authorities into the Georgia woods, where Robert's body lay. Police said Murray had asked Father Rene for a ride, then kidnapped and fatally shot him. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty, a decision that Catholic officials from Georgia and Florida plan to protest on the courthouse steps. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)
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In this Dec. 15, 2016 photo, John Gillespie of San Sebastian Catholic Church in St. Augustine, Fla., reads a letter written by his slain colleague, Father Rene Robert. Last summer, after a multi-state manhunt that started in Florida and stretched to South Carolina, police arrested Steven Murray in connection with the 71-year-old Robert's killing. Murray led authorities into the Georgia woods, where Robert's body lay. Police said Murray had asked Father Rene for a ride, then kidnapped and fatally shot him. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty, a decision that Catholic officials from Georgia and Florida plan to protest on the courthouse steps. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)
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In this Jan. 25, 2017 photo, artist Christy Hegerty poses next to her painting entitled "The Gift," a part of the group exhibit "This is What TRANS Feels Like" at Wrong Brain Art Collective in Dover, N.H. The New Hampshire art exhibit focuses on what it means to be transgender and the experiences transgender men and women face. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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In this Jan. 25, 2017 photo, artist Chloe LaCasse poses next to her self-portraits and poetry entitled "Red Lips," a part of the group exhibit "This is What TRANS Feels Like" at Wrong Brain Art Collective in Dover, N.H. The exhibit runs through Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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In this Jan. 25, 2017 photo, artist Jeff Kramer poses next to one of his self-portraits entitled "The Gender Series," a part of the group exhibit "This is What TRANS Feels Like" at Wrong Brain Art Collective in Dover, N.H. Kramer said he wants people to see that gender is based on a spectrum and that roles keep changing. The exhibit runs through Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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TIME RELASE FOR SUNDAY JAN 29 AT 0800 ET**FILE-In this Thursday, April 14, 2016 file photo made available by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, S.C., shows Steven James Murray of Jacksonville, Fla. Murray is a person of interest in the disappearance of a 71-year-old Catholic priest from St. Augustine, Fla. Murray was taken into custody while driving a car in Aiken, SC., belonging to Rev. Rene Robert. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty if Murray is convicted of murder which would be against Father Robert's wishes. (Aiken County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
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This Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 photo, shows the Supreme Court bench in Oklahoma City. The seat at far right has been vacated by former Supreme Court Judge Steven Taylor. Two district judges who focus on the daily administration of justice in Oklahoma and the state's solicitor general and chief litigator on a variety of high-profile issues are vying to be Gov. Mary Fallin's first appointment to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The candidates are Bryan County District Judge Mark Campbell, LeFlore County District Judge Jonathan Sullivan and Solicitor General Patrick Wyrick, a native of Atoka. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe (2) draws the offensive foul against Denver Nuggets guard Jameer Nelson in the first quarter during an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
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Denver Nuggets guard Will Barton (5) is fouled by Phoenix Suns center Alex Len in the first quarter during an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
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Denver Nuggets guard Gary Harris (14) drives between Phoenix Suns center Tyson Chandler (4) and Devin Booker in the first quarter during an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
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Protesters gather at San Francisco International Airport to denounce President Donald Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Boston Celtics' Isiah Thomas looks to put up a shot against Milwaukee Bucks Greg Monroe (15) and Matthew Dellavedova (8) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
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Minnesota's Akeem Springs, right, celebrates a three-pointer as Maryland's Damonte Dodd looks on during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Minneapolis. Springs led Minnesota with 23 points. Maryland won 85-78. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2015 file photo, the grave marker of Emmett Till has a photo of Till and coins placed on it during a gravesite ceremony at the Burr Oak Cemetery marking the 60th anniversary of the murder of Till in Mississippi, in Alsip, Ill. The woman at the center of the trial of Emmett Till's alleged killers has acknowledged that she falsely testified he made physical and verbal threats, according to a new book. Historian Timothy B. Tyson told The Associated Press on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, that Carolyn Donham broke her long public silence in an interview with him in 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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FILE- In this Sept. 6, 1955 file photo, Mamie Till Mobley weeps at her son's funeral in Chicago. The woman at the center of the trial of Emmett Till's alleged killers has acknowledged that she falsely testified he made physical and verbal threats, according to a new book. Historian Timothy B. Tyson told The Associated Press on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, that Carolyn Donham broke her long public silence in an interview with him in 2008. (AP Photo/Chicago Sun-Times) /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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In this May 4, 2005, file photo, Emmett Till's photo is seen on his grave marker in Alsip, Ill. (Robert A. Davis/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) ** FILE **
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Quadir Taylor, shown in this mug shot, via WFMZ-TV, was convicted in January 2017 in the home invasion death of an elderly eastern Pennsylvania woman. (WFMZ) [http://www.wfmz.com/news/wanted-by-police/taylor-wanted-for-murder_2016053005094523/20748475]
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Amy Chalmers, program assistant at Ohio State University's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, discusses the exhibit "Windows on Death Row: Art from Inside and Outside the Prison Walls" on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, at the museum in Columbus, Ohio. The exhibit, touring internationally, combines political cartoons about capital punishment with art by death row inmates from Arkansas, California, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, some who have since been executed. Scheduled to be on view at the museum from Nov. 5, 2016, through March 12, 2017, the exhibit opened in Los Angeles on Oct. 22, 2015, before visiting Chapel Hill, N.C., Switzerland and Norway. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
