Gerard Howlin argues that for the radical left same-sex marriage is simply patriarchy reincarnated in drag.

The US Supreme Court handed a significant victory to gay rights advocates by recognising that married gay men and women are eligible for state benefits and paving the way for same-sex marriage in California.

The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of gay marriage supporters in two crucial cases, saying same-sex couples should get the same federal benefits as heterosexuals and clearing the way for the resumption of same-sex marriages in California.

The US Supreme Court upheld the centrepiece of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare overhaul law requiring that most Americans get insurance by 2014 or pay a financial penalty, a ruling that gave the White House a big win ahead of Obama’s re-election bid in November.

The US Supreme Court today upheld the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care reforms, handing him a huge election-year political victory.

A MAN described as a “sadistic monster” for subjecting his elderly parents to five months of “excessive cruelty, brutality and obscenity of every kind” has lost his appeal against his 15-year sentence.

A man described as a “sadistic monster” for subjecting his elderly parents to a five-month campaign of “excessive cruelty, brutality and obscenity of every kind” has failed in an appeal against his 15-year sentence.

AN IRISHMAN who lived in Thailand and returned home every three months, using a series of different names to fraudulently claim €248,000 in welfare payments over an eight-year period, has been jailed for 12-and-a-half years.

A MAN has pleaded guilty to two counts of threatening to kill the sister of murdered Limerick man Roy Collins.

THE US Supreme Court appears ready to block a massive sex discrimination lawsuit against Walmart on behalf of up to 1.6 million women, and that could make it harder for other workers nationwide to bring class-action claims against large employers.

A CONVICTED stalker, who starved, imprisoned, assaulted and humiliated his sick elderly parents for almost six months, was dubbed a “sadistic monster” by Judge Anthony Kennedy (pictured) yesterday.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reduced the sentence imposed on a pregnant Sligo woman for perverting the course of justice.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reduced, from 10 to six years, the prison sentence imposed on man jailed for his part in a cocaine mixing operation worth more than €1.1m.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has halved the three-year jail sentence imposed on a computer programmer who downloaded almost 16,000 child pornography images depicting children as young as four.

The US Supreme Court threw out death sentences for three killers in the state of Texas today because of problems with instructions given to jurors who were deciding between life in prison and death.

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey likes a good argument when he hears it, and he’s got strong views of his own.

THE US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that President George W Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees.

The Supreme Court ruled today that President George Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees.

THE US Supreme Court opened the door yesterday to new constitutional challenges to lethal injection, the method used by most states and the federal government to execute death row inmates.

California prepared last night to execute its third death row inmate in as many months. For the first time an anaesthetist was present to minimise the condemned man’s pain.

The US Supreme Court agreed today to hear a Florida death row inmate’s appeal that challenges that state’s lethal injection method, just hours after dramatically stepping to stop the man’s execution.

The US Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law today, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die.

A FORMER Marist Brother serving eight years for the serial abuse of young boys was in hospital last night after his throat was slashed by a fellow inmate.

The US Constitution forbids the execution of killers who were under 18 when they committed their crimes the Supreme Cort ruled today , ending a practice used in 19 states.