U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. President Donald Trump's order temporarily banning U.S. entry to people from seven Muslim-majority countries came under intense scrutiny on Feb. 7 from a federal appeals court that questioned whether the ban unfairly targeted people over their religion. 

U.S. President Donald Trump on Jan. 31 nominated conservative Neil Gorsuch for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court, picking the 49-year-old federal appeals court judge to restore the court's conservative majority and help shape rulings on divisive issues such as abortion, gun control, the death penalty and religious rights. 

Having bid farewell to the final TV debate between the two candidates in America's presidential election, we have now entered the last round in the race to succeed Barack Obama in the White House. Looking at the latest polls, the Democrat Party's nominee, Hillary Clinton, is set to become the first female president of the U.S.

When President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an blasted the Constitutional Court before taking off for Africa, he took most of us by surprise. If we had been living in the 1990s or even the early years of the 2000s, his statements would have been flashing on newswire screens. People would be calling each other to get reactions, TV stations would call up legal experts to read between the lines.

The U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage across America in a historic ruling last week. However, the top court was divided sharply in its 5-4 ruling, with conservative judges like Antonin Scalia and Chief Justice John Roberts lambasting the decision. Scalia even went as far as to describe it as a ?judicial putsch.?

The summer had just begun. It was the weekend before the U.S. Supreme Court voted in favor of gay marriages. 

I had planned a holiday over the weekend with good friends, and we flew to the south coast of Turkey to spend some relaxed days in the hidden bays and the little hippie villages that can only be reached by boat ride or a dangerous climbing route. 

County clerks in Texas who object to gay marriage can refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite last week's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring states to allow same-sex marriage, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on June 28.

Scores of same-sex Florida couples tied the knot early Jan. 6 after the state's ban on gay marriage ended.

Overjoyed couples filed into courthouses and exchanged vows just after midnight, as Florida became the 36th of America's 50 states to allow gay marriage.

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton encouraged gay rights activists to continue their push to bring down barriers Oct. 25, following recent court victories for gay marriage advocates in the United States.