The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday upheld a state law that requires voters to present one of six government-issued photo identifications in order to vote. The Democratic Party of Georgia brought the suit...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 8-0 in Henderson v. Shinseki that the 120-day statute of limitations for challenging a denial of veteran's benefits is not...
An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced former British solider Danny Fitzsimons to 20 years in prison for the shooting deaths of two of his colleagues in August 2009. Fitzsimons, who was working as a contractor for the UK security...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 6-2 in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth that section 22(b)(1) of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 provides blanket...
Former UK Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf warned Monday that a British Bill of Rights, as proposed by various members of the British government, would conflict with the European Convention on Human Rights , which the...
Sudanese Guantanamo Bay detainee Noor Uthman Mohammed pleaded guilty before a military tribunal Tuesday to terrorism charges. Mohammed entered guilty pleas to one count of providing material support of terrorism...
The Hawaii House of Representatives on Friday voted 31-19 to pass a bill that would recognize same-sex civil unions . The bill will now advance to the state Senate for...
The Federal Investigation Agency of Pakistan on Monday named former president Pervez Musharraf as an accused in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto . Musharraf's name...
The Amsterdam District Court began the new trial of right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders Monday after replacing the previous panel of judges. The replacement panel will now hear the case against Wilders,...
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) heard arguments Monday from lawyers representing three former Khmer Rouge leaders regarding their clients' continued detention. Nuon Chea , Khieu Samphan [JURIST...
