Fraternal Order of Police, North Dakota State Lodge et al. v. Wayne Stenehjem, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of North Dakota, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, December 7, 2005 [ruling that...

Lockhart v. US, Supreme Court of the United States, December 7, 2005 . Read...

American Bar Association v. Federal Trade Commission, United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, December 6, 2005 [ruling that the Federal Trade Commission lacks statutory authority to compel lawyers to provide periodic notices of privacy to clients under...

Khaled el-Masri v. George J. Tenet et al., US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, December 6, 2005 [complaint filed by the ACLU against former CIA Director George Tenet and other CIA officials on behalf of Khaled el-Masri,...

Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Supreme Court of the United States, December 6, 2005, 7-2 majority opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas [holding that Kansas did not unconstitutionally impose a tax on distributors of fuel that was sold on an...

State of Texas v. John Dominick Colyandro et al., Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Certain Motions of the Defendants to Quash the Indictments, Travis County District Court, Senior District Judge Pat Priest, December 5, 2005 [throwing out...

Terrorism Bill and related matters, UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights, December 5, 2005 [report concluding that currently-proposed provisions in the Terrorism Bill of 2005 - such as the proposal that someone could be found guilty of inciting terrorist...

Remarks on rendition upon departure for Europe, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, December 5, 2005 [stating that the US government has used rendition for decades when traditional extradition was not a viable option, that the US has always acted...

Torture by Proxy: International law applicable to 'Extraordinary Renditions', UK All Party Group on Extraordinary Rendition, December 2005 [briefing paper concluding that the British government could be held liable as an accomplice to American wrongdoing under international law if it...

Entertainment Software Association et al. v. Rod Blagojevich, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Judge Matthew F. Kennelly, December 2, 2005 [holding that an Illinois law restricting the sale and rental of violent or sexually explicit...