S & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWHC 1111 (Admin), UK High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court, Mr. Justice Sullivan, May 10, 2006 [ruling granting asylum to...

UK Terrorism Legislation in an International Context, Lord Peter Goldsmith at the Royal United Services Institute, May 10, 2006 [reviewing UK terrorism law in the context of similar initiatives elsewhere and calling for the closure of the US prison for...

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday against issuing a stay of removal in the case of a British citizen with US permanent resident status who had been convicted of marijuana possession, domestic violence and resisting arrest...

Christian Civic League of Maine, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission, et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, May 9, 2006 [upholding the electioneering communication ban in the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 that prohibits TV...

Alliance for an Open Society International et al. v. United States Agency for International Development et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Victor Marrero, May 9, 2006 [ruling that the federal government is...

Committee Against Torture, presentation by the United States, May 5-8, 2006. Read the remarks by U.S. Department of State Legal Adviser John Bellinger at the May 5 meeting; the written presentation by the United States to the Committee (responses to...

The UN General Assembly Tuesday elected 47 member states to founding seats on the new UN Human Rights Council . The successful candidates included Russia and China, which recently have come under US criticism [JURIST...

JURIST has won the Webby People's Voice Award as the best Law website of 2006. Called the "online Oscars" by TIME magazine and presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences...

Order denying motion by Zacarias Moussaoui to withdraw guilty plea. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Leonime M. Brinkema, May 8, 2006. Read the full text of the order . reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...

Federal judge Leonie Brinkema late Monday afternoon quickly rejected a surprise bid by September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui , officially sentenced only last Thursday to life in prison, to withdraw his guilty plea ...