Washington Governor Christine Gregoire on Wednesday certified the results of Referendum 74 which has legalized same-sex marriage in the state. The referendum gave Washington voters the choice to accept or reject the...

A UN independent expert on Thursday praised a convention passed by the African Union (AU) to protect internally displaced persons (IDPs). The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Wednesday that police do not need a warrant to search a suspect's cell phone once the suspect been lawfully arrested. The defendant was arrested after police observed him participating in...

The Coalition for the Protection of Marriage, a non-profit corporation in Nevada which opposes same-sex marriage, petitioned the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to grant a writ of certiorari to determine "whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday warned Washington state that although voters in the state legalized marijuana last month , marijuana is still illegal under federal law . The DOJ announced that...

The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled unanimously on Wednesday that a law in the southern state of Oaxaca that prohibits same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The case was initiated by three gay couples in Oaxaca. The...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Chafin v. Chafin , an international child custody dispute. The court will decide whether a parent can appeal in a custody suit...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday denied a request for a rehearing on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations that require tobacco companies to display graphic images on...

Attorneys for the federal government on Monday filed a motion with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to dismiss a complaint challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text;...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down two state laws, HB 2780 and HB 1970 , limiting abortion rights for physicians and patients for unconstitutionality. The first law mandated that physicians must require...