A US district judge ordered the Bush administration Tuesday to release 17 Uighur detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , ruling that the Constitution forbids their indefinite detention without cause. In...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday stayed a district order requiring senior Bush administration officials to give the House Judiciary Committee information about...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in three cases, including Altria Group v. Good , 07-562, in which the Court will consider whether the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act ...
The US Supreme Court on Monday began its 2008 term , in which it has agreed to hear cases involving pre-emption of state law, the separation of church and state, and broadcast indecency,...
Nine US states and the Canadian province of Manitoba sued the US Environmental Protection Agency Thursday, alleging that an agency regulation allows the discharge of polluted water in violation of the Clean Water Act [text;...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear 10 cases , including two implicating the land rights of Native peoples, during its term that begins next week. In Hawaii, et al....
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to reconsider last term's decision in Kennedy v. Louisiana , holding that Louisiana could not impose the death penalty for the rape of...
The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday implemented regulations denying hospitals payment for treating conditions caused by some common medical errors . Those regulations, announced last year,...
A US district judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) seeking damages for the injuries and deaths of US citizens in...
Absentee voting began Tuesday in Ohio after the Ohio Supreme Court and two federal district courts rejected Republican Party challenges to an Ohio secretary of state directive . By a 4-3 vote, the state Supreme Court...
