Clark v. Martinez, Supreme Court of the United States, January 12, 2005, [ruling that US can hold an illegal immigrant subject to a deportation order who could not be returned to his or her home country for only "so long...

United States v. Booker, Supreme Court of the United States, January 12, 2005 [applying Blakely v. Washington and holding that the federal sentencing guidelines are subject to the Sixth Amendment and that the current guidelines under which judges can impose...

Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawai acknowledged for the first time Tuesday in a televised address that in "some pockets" of Iraq people would not be able to participate in the national assembly vote scheduled for January...

In addition to its long-awaited sentencing ruling in Booker , the US Supreme Court Wednesday handed down two immigration-related decisions. In Jama v. INS , the Court narrowly held 5-4 (Souter, Stevens, Ginsburg and Breyer JJ....

AP is reporting that the Supreme Court has ruled that federal judges have been improperly adding time to criminals' sentences, a decision that puts in doubt longtime sentencing rules.10:32 AM ET - The ruling is in the consolidated cases...

The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday that it has won a court order directing six advertising companies to stop sending sexually explicit spam e-mails. Read the original FTC complaint . The order was handed...

Defense arguments begin Wednesday in the military trial of Spc. Charles Graner , charged with multiple counts in connection with the highly-publicized abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib {JURIST...

A former US Navy SEAL testifying Monday in the Article 32 military hearing of a fellow SEAL lieutenant said that on two separate occasions he witnessed SEALs and CIA officials abusing Iraqi prisoners,...

The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday in a decision written by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor that a count of conspiracy to commit money laundering does not require proof of an overt act to further the conspiracy. The full...

AP is reporting that President Bush has selected US Third Circuit Court of Appeals judge and former Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff to be the new secretary of Homeland Security, according to officials speaking Tuesday....