Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Adam Szubin said Tuesday that his office would be willing to issue a license to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) allowing them to...
A US military lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to stay proceedings in Khadr's...
Missouri voters on Tuesday approved Proposition C , which seeks to make the individual mandate provision of the recent health care reform law unenforceable in the state. The law, which was passed with...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a federal regulation making it a crime to provide legal services to, or...
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed legislation that reduces the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 amends existing law to reduce the current sentencing ratio...
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) on Monday criticized the abortion laws of the Philippines as a "human rights crisis," resulting in the death of thousands of women annually. In...
A South African court on Tuesday sentenced former INTERPOL president and South African police chief Jackie Selebi to 15 years in prison for corruption. Selebi was convicted of corruption in...
The Supreme Court of California on Monday held 6-1 that a state ban on preferential hiring practices for minorities and women does not violate the federal Constitution . Justice Kathryn Werdegar, writing for the majority,...
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli (R) on Friday issued an opinion finding that state law enforcement officials have the authority to investigate the immigration status of those they stop or arrest. The opinion was issued...
The EU on Monday declined to renew its mandate of reforming Guinea-Bissau security forces, citing the breakdown of law and order in the country. The EU SSR Guinea-Bissau Mission was first launched...
