Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Supreme Court of the United States, January 18, 2006 [remanding a US First Circuit Court of Appeals ruling which had struck down New Hampshire's parental notification law for teenage abortions because it...

Center for Constitutional Rights et al. v. George W. Bush et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, January 17, 2006 [complaint alleging that privileged attorney-client communications were intercepted by the National Security Agency and...

ACLU v. National Security Agency, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, January 17, 2006 [complaint seeking a declaration that the NSA warrantless wiretaps program is unconstitutional under the First and Fourth Amendments, and seeking a permanent...

Gonzales v. Oregon, Supreme Court of the United States, January 17, 2006 [upholding 7-2 Oregon's Death with Dignity Act and ruling that the federal Controlled Substances Act does not allow the US Attorney General to prohibit doctors from prescribing regulated...

Restoring the Rule of Law, former Vice-President Al Gore, January 16, 2006 . Excerpt:A president who...

Senate leaders announced late Monday that a US Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito which could have taken place as early as Tuesday will be postponed by...

In a scathing and fiery speech in Washington Monday on eavesdropping and excesses of executive power, former Vice-President and 2000 Democratic Party nominee Al Gore declared that the US Constitution was in "grave danger" and...

Two judges sitting with Iraqi High Criminal Court judge Rizgar Amin , currently presiding over the Saddam Hussein trial , Saturday dismissed as "baseless" press reports that he would resign at the next sitting...

Jeffrey Barham et al. v. Charles H. Ramsay, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, January 13, 2006 [refusing to grant immunity to two police officials named in a lawsuit filed on behalf of 386 people...

A source close to Rizgar Amin , the chief judge of the Iraqi High Criminal Court presiding at the Saddam Hussein trial , said Friday that Amin would "withdraw" from his position, announcing his reasons at...