U.S. Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court says an anti-abortion group can challenge an Ohio law that bars people from making false statements about political candidates during a campaign.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's crunch time at the Supreme Court, where the justices are racing to issue opinions in 17 cases over the next two weeks.

In an assertion of same-sex marriage rights, Attorney General Eric Holder is applying a landmark Supreme Court ruling to the Justice Department, announcing Saturday that same-sex spouses cannot be compelled to testify against each other, should be eligible to file for bankruptcy jointly and are entitled to the same rights and privileges as federal prison inmates in opposite-sex marriages. Read Mo

A Supreme Court ruling that allows police to routinely take DNA samples from people they arrest is coming under fire from four dissenting justices and from the American Civil Liberties Union.

Two days of arguments over gay marriage are over at the Supreme Court, where five justices -- a majority -- today raised questions about a federal law denying benefits to same-sex couples, even though the benefits are given to other couples.

The Supreme Court could end up avoiding a major national ruling on whether America's gays have a right to marry.

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request by a nursing home company that asked for delay reinstating striking Connecticut workers.

A New Jersey nursing home company has asked U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to overturn an appeals court's order rejecting a delay in reinstating striking Connecticut workers.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is defending arguments in his opinions that some people find offensive or anti-gay.

The Supreme Court is starting a new term that is shaping up to be as important as the last one, with the prospect of major rulings about affirmative action, gay marriage and voting rights.