International Air Transport Association et al. v. Department for Transport (UK), European Court of Justice, January 10, 2006 [upholding a EU regulation requiring airlines to pay compensation to passengers who experience long flight delays, overbooking and cancellation on flights to...

Transcript of Day 1 of confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito, Jr., nominated to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, US Senate Judiciary Committee, January 9, 2006. Read the full text transcript as provided...

An Act creating a study commission on the death penalty 1and imposing a moratorium on executions, passed by the New Jersey Legislature January 9, 2006 [legislation to suspend executions and create a New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission to examine...

Arce, et al. v. Garcia, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Circuit Judge Tjoflat, February 28, 2005 [reinstating a $54.6 million verdict against two retired Salvadoran generals for allegedly allowing torture and other abuses during...

Presidential Authority to Conduct Warrantless Electronic Surveillance to Gather Foreign Intelligence Information, Congressional Research Service, January 5, 2005 [concluding that although the legality of the NSA warrantless surveillance program could not be determined due to the need for classified materials,...

A federal judge in Miami Friday postponed until next week a scheduled plea and bail hearing for now-indicted "enemy combatant" Jose Padilla , a US citizen originally arrested in 2002 for allegedly plotting to detonate a "dirty...

A Review of the FBI's Handling of the Brandon Mayfield Case, US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, January 6, 2006 [concluding that the FBI did not misuse the Patriot Act but instead did "sloppy work" when it...

US v. Martha Stewart and Peter Bacanovic, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 6, 2006 . Read...

Letter to the US Senate Judiciary Committee leadership on the Alito nomination, January 5, 2006 ....

Jeb Bush et al. v. Ruth Holmes, Supreme Court of Florida, January 5, 2006 . Read the full text...