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Photos of the Week: SCOTUS finale, congressional baseball and recess

The week of June 28 as captured by Roll Call’s photojournalists

Umbrellas shade the TV news crews waiting for the Supreme Court to hand down decisions on the census and gerrymandering cases Monday, as the court wraps up its term this week. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Umbrellas shade the TV news crews waiting for the Supreme Court to hand down decisions on the census and gerrymandering cases Monday, as the court wraps up its term this week. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

This week saw the Supreme Court wrap up its term, aide and daughter to the president Ivanka Trump visiting Capitol Hill, lunching with GOP senators, a head over heels baseball game and another an empty chair.

After all that action, it’s time for recess. 

Here’s the entire week in photos:

UNITED STATES - JUNE 24: Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., listens as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a news conference to discuss major college affordability legislation in Washington on Monday June 24, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., listens as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during their news conference to discuss college affordability legislationon Monday June 24, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 25: U.S. Capitol Police give a warning to the Defund Hate campaign to leave the area as it holds a protest in the Russell Rotunda to honor immigrants who died in ICE and CBP detention on Tuesday June 25, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
U.S. Capitol police give a warning to the Defund Hate campaign protesters to leave the area in the Russell Rotunda on Tuesday. The protest was held to honor immigrants who died in ICVE and CBP custody. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 25: Ivanka Trump arrives to attend the Senate Republicans’ policy lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Ivanka Trump arrives to attend the Senate Republicans’ policy lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 25: Stacey Abrams, former Democratic leader in the Georgia House of Representatives and founder and chair of Fair Fight Action, speaks with ranking member Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., before the start of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties hearing on the Voting Rights Act on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Stacey Abrams, former Democratic leader in the Georgia House of Representatives and founder and chair of Fair Fight Action, speaks with ranking member Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., before the start of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties hearing on the Voting Rights Act on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 26: A committee staffer sets up a sign to direct people in line to the overflow room before the start of the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on
A committee staffer sets up a sign to direct people in line to the overflow room before the start of the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on “Violations of the Hatch Act Under the Trump Administration” on Wednesday. Kellyanne Conway was called to testify, but did not show up as a witness. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 26: Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., arrives in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., enters the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 26: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., far right, are seen at an event with House and Senate Democrats in the Capitol before a House vote on the “Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act of 2019,” on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., far right, hold an event with House and Senate Democrats in the Capitol before a House vote on the “Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act of 2019,” on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 26: Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., left, collides with Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., at the plate during the 58th annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday June 26, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
GOP catcher Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., bobbles the ball as Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., left, collides with him at the plate for a run during the 58th annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

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UNITED STATES - JUNE 26: Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va., rolls over on his head as he field a ground ball during the 58th annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday June 26, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
GOP third baseman Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va., tumbles as he fields a ground ball during the 58th annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

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