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Kansas Supreme Court Justice Carol Beier asks questions Thursday, March 16, 2017, during oral arguments in a legal fight over a state law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure and the larger question of whether the state constitution's Bill of Rights offered a fundamental right to an abortion. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)
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Kansas Supreme Court Justice Dan Biles listened and asked questions Thursday, March 16, 2017, during oral arguments in a legal fight over a state law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure and the larger question of whether the state constitution's Bill of Rights offered a fundamental right to an abortion. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)
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Stephen McAllister, representing the state of Kansas, gives oral arguments before the Kansas Supreme Court Thursday, March 16, 2017, in a legal fight over a state law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure and the larger question of whether the state constitution's Bill of Rights offered a fundamental right to an abortion. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)
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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks about the Trump Administration's budget proposal during daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Proposals for the Homeland Security Department in President Donald Trump's first budget are displayed at the Government Printing Office in Washington, Thursday, March, 16, 2017. President Donald Trump's budget proposals on immigration enforcement read like a wish list for his most ardent supporters. The budget requests for the Homeland Security and Justice departments call for billions of dollars for some of Trump's most high-profile and contentious campaign promises, including a $2.6 billion down payment for a border wall he insisted Mexico would pay for. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Legislators in the Montana House debate the 2018-2019 state budget Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Helena, Mont. Democrats in the Montana House had one last chance Thursday to try to add money to the state budget for programs in education and health and human services during a floor debate on the two-year spending plan. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)
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State Rep. Mike Hopkins looks through a pile of budget documents as the Montana House of Representatives debates the state's spending plan for 2018-2019 Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Helena, Mont. Democrats in the Montana House had one last chance Thursday to try to add money to the state budget for programs in education and health and human services during a floor debate on the two-year spending plan. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)
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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2016, file photo, protesters demonstrating against the expansion of the Dakota Access pipeline wade in cold creek waters confronting local police near Cannon Ball, N.D. North Dakota officials appear poised to go after the U.S. government — and thus U.S. taxpayers — to recoup more than $38 million in state expenses related to months of protests against the Dakota Access pipeline. (AP Photo/John L. Mone, File)
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File - In this March 18, 2010, file photo, people line up outside the Metropolitan Courthouse in Los Angeles. The chief justice of the California Supreme Court has asked federal agents to stop making immigration arrests in courthouses to protect residents' access to justice. Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye wrote to top federal officials Thursday, March 16, 2017, that she's concerned that recent reports of immigration agents going to the courts to track down immigrants for arrest will affect the public's trust in the court system. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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FILE- In this Feb. 22, 2017 file photo, accused murderer Markeith Loyd looks toward family members during court proceedings in Orlando, Fla. State Attorney Aramis Ayala said, Thursday, March 16, 2017, that she had decided to no longer seek the death penalty in first-degree murder cases after conducting a review. The most visible case immediately affected by Ayala's decision is that of Loyd, who is charged with killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton. (Red Huber /Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)
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In a press conference Thursday, March 16, 2017, on the steps of the Orange County Courthouse, Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala announces that her office will no longer pursue the death penalty as a sentence in any case brought before the 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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In a press conference on the steps of the Orange County Courthouse, Florida Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala announces Thursday, March 16, 2017, that her office will no longer pursue the death penalty as a sentence in any case brought before the 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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In a press conference on the steps of the Orange County Courthouse Thursday, March 16, 2017, Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala announces that her office will no longer pursue the death penalty as a sentence in any case brought before the 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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Copies of President Donald Trump's first budget are displayed at the Government Printing Office in Washington, Thursday, March, 16, 2017. Trump unveiled a $1.15 trillion budget on Thursday, a far-reaching overhaul of federal government spending that slashes many domestic programs to finance a significant increase in the military and make a down payment on a U.S.-Mexico border wall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., center, a member of the House Freedom Caucus leaves the House Budget Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March, 16, 2017, during the committee's health markup. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Former Belgian professional basketball player from Brazil, Sebastien Bellin, speaks with the Associated Press at the Aalster Basketball Forum in Aalst, Belgium on Thursday, March 16, 2017. The former basketball player, badly hurt in the suicide bomb attack on Brussels airport a year ago is urging the Belgian government to live up to its pledge to help the victims. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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In this photo by Sebastian Bellin, taken in May 2016 while he was laying in a hospital bed in Brussels, the slogan 'positive always wins' is written on his cast. The former basketball player badly hurt in the suicide bomb attack on Brussels airport a year ago is urging the Belgian government to live up to its pledge to help the victims. (Sebastian Bellin via AP)
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FILE - In this photo taken on Sunday, April 3, 2016, Belgian former professional basketball player Sebastien Bellin rests in his bed in Erasmus University Hospital in Brussels. The former basketball player, badly hurt in the suicide bomb attack on Brussels airport a year ago is urging the Belgian government to live up to its pledge to help the victims. (AP Photo/Helene Franchineau, File)
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In this photo by Ketevan Kardava, Brazilian born former pro basketball player Sebastian Bellin is shown after being wounded in Brussels Airport in Brussels, Belgium, after explosions rocked the airport on March 22, 2016. the former basketball player badly hurt in the suicide bomb attack on Brussels airport a year ago is urging the Belgian government to live up to its pledge to help the victims.(Ketevan Kardava via AP)
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Former Belgian professional basketball player from Brazil, Sebastien Bellin, poses for photographers at the Aalster Basketball Forum in Aalst, Belgium, on Thursday, March 16, 2017. The former basketball player, badly hurt in the suicide bomb attack on Brussels airport a year ago is urging the Belgian government to live up to its pledge to help the victims. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
