US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday expressed skepticism at the idea of allowing television cameras into Supreme Court proceedings, saying that the justices are concerned that cameras could have an "adverse impact" on the...
The highest-ranking lawyers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines weighed in on how terror detainees should be judged during a Thursday Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the impact of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld . The...
Amnesty International issued a scathing statement on Thursday condemning Israel and Lebanese political group Hezbollah for causing civilian deaths and taking hostages in violation of Geneva Convention protections. Israeli air strikes killed 40 civilians and injured 60...
President Bush has agreed to sign legislation authorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to review the NSA's controversial domestic spying program , US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) told the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. Specter...
A Chinese court has sentenced writer Li Yuanlong, a reporter for the Bijie Daily newspaper who wrote essays on websites banned by the Chinese government, to two years in prison for "inciting subversion of state authority," his lawyer said...
US Marshals took custody of three former NatWest bankers Thursday as the controversial extradition of the three British nationals went ahead as scheduled. Giles Darby, David Bermingham and Gary Mulgrew will face seven counts of wire fraud...
US Sen. John Warner (R-VA) said Thursday that the White House should propose detainee trials legislation soon after the return of senior officials from the G-8 summit hosted by Russia this month. In comments during a...
Belarus prosecutors have requested a six-to-10-year sentence for opposition politician Alexander Kozulin , who in March led what prosecutors say were unauthorized protests over the controversial re-election of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko...
The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe filed a complaint in a Texas federal district court on Wednesday alleging that former lobbyist Jack Abramoff , his associate Michael Scanlon and former Christian...
The European Court of First Instance , the European Union's second-highest court, on Thursday rejected a proposed merger between Sony and Bertelsmann AG (BMG) that earned unconditional approval in July 2004 from European Commission...
