The "no-fly" terrorist watch list now used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is being redrafted and will likely be cut in half, according to testimony given by TSA Administrator Kip Hawley...
The Bush Administration will from now on submit all domestic surveillance requests to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) for review and approval under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, according to a letter [PDF text; US DOJ...
A US military judge ruled Tuesday that 1st Lt. Ehren Watada , a US Army officer who refused deployment to Iraq because he felt the war is 'unlawful,' cannot argue that point in...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Smith v. Texas , 05-11304, where the court must decide whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals was...
Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will be sentenced to death at a hearing before the Iraqi High Tribunal now scheduled for January 25, according to a court spokesperson speaking to the press...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the European Parliament at a session in Strasbourg Wednesday that EU member nations should ratify the European constitution before...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales used the occasion of a Wednesday speech to the conservative American Enterprise Institute on the perils of judicial activism to suggest that judges are not the appropriate agents to rule...
A federal judge in Kentucky ruled Thursday that three plaintiffs would be allowed to proceed to the discovery phase of their lawsuit against the Holy See alleging that US bishops, acting as agents of Vatican officials, negligently...
The President of Bangladesh declared a state of emergency in the troubled country Thursday in the face of violent political protests and a 19-party alliance threatening to blockade voting places before the scheduled January 22 elections....
A Mississippi jury Wednesday held the State Farm insurance company liable for $2.5 million dollars in punitive damages after US District Court Judge L.T. Senter Jr. issued an unexpected directed verdict calling on the company to pay...
