Order in C.T. Hanft v. Jose Padilla, Supreme Court of the United States, January 4, 2005 . Read the full text of the order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...

2005 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, Chief Justice John Roberts, January 1, 2006. Read the full text of the report here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, as included in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006 and agreed to by the US House and Senate and signed by President Bush, December 30, 2005 [incorporating the McCain Amendment and the Graham-Levin Amendment...

AP is reporting that the US Department of Justice has begun an investigation into the leak of classified information about President Bush's secret domestic surveillance program first disclosed in a New York Times article...

US military authorities at the Guantanamo detention facility announced Thursday that the number of participants in the ongoing hunger strike at the prison has surged, reaching an acknowledged total of 84, including 48 who...

C.T. Hanft v. Jose Padilla, Application Respecting the Custody and Transfer of Jose Padilla, US Solicitor General Paul Clement, December 28, 2005 [asked the US Supreme Court to intervene in Padilla's custody, claiming that the US Fourth Circuit Court of...

US v. Richard A. Causey, Plea Agreement, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, December 28, 2005 [former Enron Chief Accounting Officer pleading guilty to a single charge of securities fraud in exchange for his testimony against...

Jose Padilla v. C.T. Hanft, Supreme Court of the United States, December 27, 2005 [petitioner's reply brief responding to the government's contention that Padilla's US Supreme Court appeal is moot and should be denied, insisting that his case "raises questions...

Samuel A. Alito to the US Solicitor General, Memo re: Forsyth v. Kleindienst, US Department of Justice, March 8, 1984 . Read the full text of...

AP is reporting that new US Department of Justice documents released Friday by the National Archives include a 1985 statement by US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito that the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling should...