Former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) this week began a campaign to urge state legislatures to move towards merit-based judicial...
The US has transferred 12 more Guantanamo Bay detainees to their home governments, the Justice Department announced Sunday. Describing the transfers as having taken place "over the weekend", the Department indicated that four...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that post-arrest detention is legal in cases where the detainees are reasonably detained. The case, Turkmen v. Ashcroft , challenged the alleged racial...
Former UK attorney general Peter Goldsmith warned former prime minister Tony Blair that the planned invasion of Iraq could be illegal, according to a letter leaked to the Iraq Inquiry [official website;...
The American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU), the Constitution Project (CP), and the Rutherford Institute filed amici curiae briefs Tuesday backing a challenge to a federal law [18 USC §...
London's Metropolitan Police Service (Met) and the family of Jean Charles de Menezes on Tuesday announced an end to litigation stemming from de Menezes' death, caused by two Met officers in 2005. No...
US President Barack Obama signed an executive order Tuesday creating a Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to be headed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as lead agency. The task force, which continues the...
Republican leaders on Sunday expressed strong opposition to the Obama administration's plan to pursue federal charges against five men accused of conspiring to commit the 9/11 terrorist attacks . Ranking Republican on the House Intelligence...
US Senate Banking Committee chair Chris Dodd (D-CT) introduced Tuesday wide-ranging financial regulatory legislation designed to limit systemic risk to the country's economy. If passed, the bill would introduce a...
The current and former leaders of Madagascar reached a transitional power-sharing agreement on Saturday. According to the agreement, President Andry Rajoelina will now share power with representatives of the parties of ousted president Marc Ravalomanana...
