The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday struck down a City of Redondo Beach anti-day laborer ordinance as an unconstitutional restriction on speech. The ordinance prohibited individuals...
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the validity of the state's newly passed Marriage Equality Act . The initial complaint , filed by...
The Court of Appeal of Paris on Wednesday affirmed the acquittal of former prime minister Dominique de Villepin for allegedly taking part in a smear campaign...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has agreed to a rehearing en banc to determine the constitutionality of an amendment to the Michigan Constitution banning affirmative action. Proposal 2 [text;...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon sent a letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) , which was circulated on Friday, seeking the formation of a mission to provide assistance to the new post-conflict authorities...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a report on Wednesday claiming that the US is diminishing its "core values" with regard to various counterterrorism measures put in place during the 10 years since the...
Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday that Turkey will take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the legality of Israel's Gaza Strip blockade. Davutoglu delivered a press...
Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader was indicted on Wednesday for corruption. The country's Bureau for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) alleges Sanader received a pay-off of more than 3.6...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) , joined by several rights groups, appeared before a federal judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on Wednesday seeking a temporary injunction of the...
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday signed a reform to the Mexican Constitution that eliminates the president's ability to use a pocket veto to prevent the passage...
