The US Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) approved a report on Thursday detailing concerns with the controversial Secure Communities Program , a federal enforcement program that partners local law enforcement with federal immigration...
The Uganda Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel Thomas Kwoyelo is entitled to amnesty under the country's Amnesty Act of 2000 . Kwoyelo was charged in...
Two Republican Congressmen have sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asking to delay the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) , scheduled to go into effect...
An Egyptian criminal court on Thursday sentenced three associates of former president Hosni Mubarak to prison and ordered them to pay fines after they were found guilty on charges of corruption that occurred under the Mubarak...
The Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, Maureen O'Connor , on Thursday announced the formation of a joint task force between the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Ohio State Bar Association that will review...
The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation (ACLU-NCLF) on Thursday filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the Eastern District of North Carolina challenging a North Carolina state law authorizing...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled this week that a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform law will be allowed to proceed. The lawsuit...
A three-judge panel sitting for the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Thursday that immigrants who are imprisoned while fighting deportation cannot be held indefinitely without a bail hearing and that the...
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday rejected an appeal filed by the Kenyan government and confirmed a Pre-Trial Chamber ruling refusing to transfer two cases stemming from 2007 post-election violence...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of the health care reform law in...
