NEW YORK — Gay-rights activists celebrated a few bright spots on Election Day, but they also suffered some major setbacks — including losses by key supporters in Congress and the ouster of three Iowa Supreme Court judges who had ruled ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed sympathy for a California law that aims to keep children from buying ultra-violent video games in which players maim, kill or sexually assault images of people. But several justices said the law ...

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WASHINGTON — In a case that could have a significant impact in civil litigation against government officials who claim qualified immunity, the Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over whether a denial of a summary judgment motion can be appealed after ...

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The Supreme Court won’t reinstate a $21 million judgment against Nintendo of America Inc., turning away a claim of patent infringement from a Texas gaming company. The high court refused to hear an appeal from Anascape Ltd. on Monday. A ...

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LONG BEACH, Calif. — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over California’s proposed ban on the sale and rental of violent video games to children. The law, which has bounced around the legal system like a game of ...

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The Green Party and Ralph Nader still rival the U.S. Supreme Court for blame among some for the election of George W. Bush in 2000. That long memory helps to obscure the contributions Nader has made to the national dialogue ...

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FARGO, N.D. — The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not hear an appeal by a man sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing a University of North Dakota student in 2003. The U.S. attorney’s office in Fargo says the ...

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WASHINGTON — Can a federal civil rights law be used to assert a prisoner’s right to access DNA evidence from his trial for testing? The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday heard §1983 arguments in the case of Henry Skinner, a Texas ...

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LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from two Christian high schools in Southern California that want the University of California to grant college-prep credit for courses with religious viewpoints. The justices, without comment, denied a ...

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WASHINGTON — If an employee tells a supervisor of a potentially illegal act, can that be considered filing a complaint? The Supreme Court grappled with that question Wednesday in the firing of Kevin Kasten. Kasten complained to Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics ...

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