Supreme Court ends Charleston church shooter’s bid to disqualify trial judge  

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the Charleston church massacre shooter’s attempt to disqualify his trial judge from further proceedings over claims that he failed to remain impartial.   

The high court’s decision leaves intact an appeals court ruling that found no basis to remove U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel from the death-penalty case against convicted shooter Dylann Roof.  

Roof, now 32, was convicted of federal hate crime and related charges for opening fire on a group of parishioners who were gathered for Bible study at the historic Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., in May 2015. Nine people were killed. Five people survived the attack.    

The self-proclaimed white supremacist was sentenced to death in 2017 for the massacre, which he confessed was intended to spark a race war.  

Roof, who represented himself in the sentencing phase, has........

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