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Conservatives say there is evidence that large numbers of noncitizens vote for Democrats, but Democrats say charges of voter fraud amount to "voter suppression." (Associated Press)
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FILE - This April 21, 2014, file photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Mark Christeson, who was convicted of killing a woman and her two children nearly 20 years ago, Christeson is scheduled to die by injection on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Mo. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP, File)
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Esteban Santiago is led from the Broward County jail for an arraignment in federal court, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Santiago is charged in a 22-count federal indictment in the Jan. 6 fatal shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Esteban Santiago, center, is led from the Broward County jail for an arraignment in federal court, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Santiago is charged in a 22-count federal indictment in the Jan. 6 shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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The Jan. 27, 2017 photo shows the entrance of the Staufer barracks of the German Bundeswehr in Pfullendorf, Germany. Germany’s defense ministry is investigating claims of abuse at the army training base after reports that male and female soldiers were subjected to demeaning rituals and sexual harassment. (Thomas Warnack/dpa via AP)
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In this January 9, 2017 photo Lacy Scarmana, WVIK producer and co-host of the 'Suspect Convictions' podcast, works with her co-host, Scott Reeder, on recording an advertisement for the podcast at WVIK in Rock Island, Ill. 'Suspect Convictions' revisits the 1990 murder of Jennifer Lewis and the case against Stanley Liggins. In its first week, the podcast ranked in the top five of all U.S. podcasts on iTunes. (Todd Mizener/The Dispatch via AP)
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In this image provided by C. Stanley Photography via Arena Stage, this Jan. 12, 2017 photo shows Sara Bruner portraying Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case about abortion, Roe v. Wade, and Sarah Jane Agnew portraying attorney Sarah Weddington. The two star in the play “Roe,” which runs through Feb. 19 at Washington’s Arena Stage. (C. Stanley Photography via AP)
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A Buddhist monk holds a portrait of Ko Ni, a legal adviser and prominent member of Myanmar's Muslim minority, as the funeral car left from his home, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar politicians and activists were shocked by the assassination Sunday of a longtime adviser to leader Aung San Suu Kyi are gathering at a cemetery for his funeral. (AP Photo/Esther Htusan)
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FILE - This undated file photo, provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Brandon Moore. An Ohio prosecutor plans to appeal the rejection of a convicted rapist's 112-year prison sentence to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office wants the high court to take up the case of the 2008 sentence given to Moore for crimes committed when he was 15. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)
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A woman snaps a cell phone photo as others hold up signs acknowledging the federal stay affecting immigrants trying to reach the United States issued by New York federal judge Ann M. Donnelly, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in New York during an immigrants' rights rally and protest at Battery Park. President Donald Trump's immigration order sowed more chaos and outrage across the country Sunday, with travelers detained at airports, panicked families searching for relatives and protesters registering opposition to the sweeping measure that was blocked by several federal courts. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Protesters at an immigrants' rights rally hold signs while listening to speakers Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Battery Park, in New York as President Donald Trump's immigration order sowed more chaos and outrage across the country. Travelers were detained at airports, while panicked families searched for relatives. These protesters registered opposition to the president's sweeping measure that was blocked by several federal courts. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Conservatives say there is evidence that large numbers of noncitizens vote for Democrats, but Democrats say charges of voter fraud amount to "voter suppression." (Associated Press)
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Iman Alknfushe, center, exits John F. Kennedy International airport with her daughters Elaf, right, and Anfal Hussain in New York, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. Attorneys advocating on her behalf said Alknfushe was coming from Iraq and had been detained at the airport for more than 30 hours. President Donald Trump's immigration order sowed more chaos and outrage across the country Sunday, with travelers detained at airports, panicked families searching for relatives and protesters registering opposition to the sweeping measure that was blocked by several federal courts.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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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)
