After 11 states voted Tuesday for bans on gay marriage, civil rights groups wasted no time Wednesday preparing legal challenges. Karl Olson, executive director of the gay-rights group PRIDE in Montana, said that this vote was only a "blip"...

Conceding the presidential race to George Bush Wednesday afternoon in a speech at Boston's Faneuil Hall, John Kerry said that the outcome of an election should be decided by the voters, and not by a "protracted legal fight." With...

Impala, an organization representing 2,500 independent music companies, announced Wednesday that it would ask the EU's high court to overturn a decision allowing the merger of industry giants Sony and Bertelsmann (BMG). The merger, approved by EU regulators in...

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry will make remarks to supporters at about 1:00 PM ET at Fanueil Hall in Boston. Watch ">live video here via C-SPAN.UPDATE: Kerry is now expected to deliver his concession speech at 2:00 PM ET....

AP is reporting that John Kerry has called President Bush to concede the Presidential race.UPDATE: ABC News is reporting that Kerry will make a concession speech at 1 PM ET in Boston. As early as this morning, the Kerry...

AP is reporting that the Knesset has approved a compensation plan for Israeli settlers displaced by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan. AP has background here....

Spncer et al. v. Blackwell; Summit County Democratic Committee et al. v. Heider, United States Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens, November 2, 2004. Excerpt:Although the hour is late and time is short, I have reviewedthe District Court opinions and...

Summit County Democratic Committee et al. v. Blackwell; Spencer v. Blackwell, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, November 2, 2004. Read the opinion here , concurrence here and dissent here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...

The State ex rel. Wolf v. Blackwell et al., Ohio Supreme Court, November 1, 2004 [ruling to reverse a previous decision that limited the number of challengers at each polling place to one and reinstating the directive from the Ohio...

Summit Party Democratic Committee v. Blackwell, United Staters District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Judge John R. Adams, November 1, 2004 [ruling that "challengers may not be present at the polling place for the sole purpose of challenging...