The Ohio Supreme Court has narrowly interpreted a state law aimed to protecting children from online pornography and predators, delivering a blow to free-speech advocates who want it thrown out as unconstitutional. In its unanimous decision, the court said a 2004 law extending the ...

The Supreme Court is expected to decide January 15 whether to accept a Washington State gay rights ballot measure, the Seattle Times reported.

The court agreed to consider taking the case in October after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

Stephen Barnett BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Barnett, a First Amendment professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and prominent critic of the state court system, has died. He was 73. The school said Barnett died Tuesday after suffering a cardiac arrest. Colleagues said Barnett, who retired in 2003, was a tireless advocate ...

Should the Iowa governor's mansion return to Republican hands next year, it would house an anti-gay marriage governor because all five GOP candidates for governor are allied against gay marriage.

The five men spoke to a crowd of about 80 Dallas County Republicans Saturday, with all but ...