AP is reporting that US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination.9:15 AM ET - In a letter to President Bush Thursday, Miers withdrew her nomination , expressing concern that the confirmation...
Defense lawyers representing Saddam Hussein have announced that they will boycott the Iraqi Special Tribunal , following through on a threat to boycott made after one of the defense lawyers for a Hussein...
A federal judge Tuesday upheld the conviction of civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart for conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists (18 USC 2339A), denying a post-trial motion for acquittal. Stewart was convicted ...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has said that he is willing to change controversial shoot-to-kill provisions in proposed anti-terror legislation . Howard also said that the legislation need not be introduced next week, but...
Serbia has arrested nine policemen in the 1999 murder of 48 Kosovo Albanians, a Serbian court official announced Wednesday. The arrests are the first to be linked to a mass grave discovered in 2001 outside of...
US Senate and House negotiators are preparing to discuss conflicting versions of the USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2005 , including a provision in the House version that would allow federal prosecutors multiple...
The United States and France circulated a draft UN resolution Tuesday that demands that Syria fully cooperate with a UN investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and threatens economic sanctions should...
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald could bring charges in the CIA leak case Wednesday, wrapping up a two-year investigation into the leak of undercover operative Valerie Plame's identity. Sources close to the case say that...
A New Hampshire commission on same-sex marriage voted Monday to recommend that the state legislature not allow same-sex couples to marry, not recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages, and not establish a domestic partner registry. The commission, established...
Robert Amsterdam , international defense counsel for jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky , says that Western governments are turning a blind eye to the deteriorating rule of law in Russia exemplified by his client's prosecution and recent...
