LOS ANGELES, June 11 (UPI) -- Groups supporting same-sex marriages are urging gay couples to refrain from filing federal lawsuits seeking a U.S. Supreme Court showdown on the issue.

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Duke professor Erwin Chemerinsky, just hired to lead University of California-Irvine’s new law school, says he’s been told the deal is off due to politics.

NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union in New York is challenging a federal grand jury subpoena to turn over an unsolicited classified document it received.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Another House GOP committee chair has joined criticism of the Congressional Research Service for its legal analysis of the administration's program of warrantless counter-terrorist electronic surveillance.