NASHVILLE — Don’t expect a Facebook friend request from Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer any time soon. The 72-year-old justice said in a speech at Vanderbilt Law School on Tuesday that he was perplexed when he recently saw the film ...

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WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court has upheld longer prison sentences for people convicted of carrying or using a gun while committing drug trafficking crimes. The court voted 8-0 Monday to affirm lower court rulings involving defendants who had five years tacked ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with issues of gender bias, judicial remedies and Congress’ power in an Equal Protection challenge to a law that makes it easier for a child of unmarried parents to obtain citizenship if ...

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NEW YORK — Gay civil rights groups trying to build momentum for a possible Supreme Court showdown filed two lawsuits Tuesday that seek to strike down portions of a 1996 law that denies married gay couples federal benefits. The lawsuits ...

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WASHINGTON — In a case that could limit the ability of consumers to band together and file legal claims, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to have trouble nailing down a test to determine when the Federal Arbitration Act trumps state ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday seemed divided on whether student doctors are students or employees when it comes to collecting Social Security taxes. The high court on Monday heard arguments from the Mayo Foundation of Rochester, Minn., and ...

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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has turned down the first preliminary challenge to President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. The decision Monday to reject an appeal from a former Republican state lawmaker in California was no surprise because a federal ...

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Since arguing a case before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals several days prior to Halloween, I have been thinking a lot about judges, vampires and immortality. The time of year is certainly a reason for this, as is ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — A Republican gay rights group on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a California trial judge’s order barring enforcement of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military to go back into ...

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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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