Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, March 21.The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases today beginning at 10 AM ET. In the first...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, March 18.The US Senate and US House are not in session today. They will resume session on Monday, March 21.At the...

The number of reports of detainee abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan dropped sharply after a series of abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were publicly revealed, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The most current US Army figures on...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, March 17.The US Senate convenes at 9:30 AM ET, and will continue consideration of S. Con. Res. 18 , the...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, March 16.The US Senate opens its session at 9 AM ET today, when it will consider S. Con. Res. 18 [bill...

The insurgency in Iraq increasingly is made up of organized crime and hired criminals, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers said Tuesday after visiting the country. Myers said that Saddam Hussein loyalists and insurgents from...

Paul Clement is awaiting confirmation by the Senate after President Bush nominated him Friday as US Solicitor General, a position he has filled on an acting basis ever since predecessor Theodore Olson's departure for the...

At the opening of the new Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem Tuesday, Israeli President Moshe Katsav warned of increasing anti-Semitism and called on European leaders to confront the problem. The ceremony was attended by leaders...

The PA Superior Court has dismissed clergy abuse lawsuits filed by 17 adults in the state because the statute of limitations had run on the claims. The alleged abuse dated between 1957 to 1983, but the plaintiffs...

The Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday issued new mercury regulations for power plants that are designed to reduce emissions to 70 percent of 1999 levels once fully implemented. The Clean Air Mercury Rule uses a...