A New York appeals court has ruled that the state's marriage law, which allows marriage between a man and a woman but not between same-sex couples, is constitutional. The 5-0 decision covers three separate cases [NYCLU case...
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for the United States to close its Guantanamo Bay detention facility as soon as possible, reiterating the conclusions of a 54 page report ...
Lawyers for the US Department of Justice have told the US Supreme Court that inmates held at Guantanamo Bay cannot challenge their detention by relying on the US Constitution because "the Constitution does not...
US Sen. Russell Feingold has begun one more perhaps-quixotic filibuster against renewal of the USA Patriot Act , claiming that new versions of key provisions offer only modest protection for civil liberties [floor statement transcript;...
Admitted al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was unexpectedly allowed back into court Wednesday, despite a decision Tuesday by US District Judge Leonie Brinkema barring his presence Tuesday at ongoing jury selection proceedings for his sentencing trial...
Lawyers for Ahmed Omar Abu Ali , found guilty in November on charges of joining al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate President Bush, have asked a federal judge to delay his sentencing hearing,...
US District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled Tuesday that Zacarias Moussaoui will no longer be allowed to be present in the courtroom for jury selection in his sentencing trial after Moussaoui walked out of a...
Lawyers for former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy and former state highway director Mack Roberts filed motions Tuesday asking a federal judge to drop charges against them in connection with a racketeering scheme ...
Omri Sharon, son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon , was sentenced Tuesday to a nine month prison term for illegal campaign fundraising. Sharon was indicted in August for setting up false companies as a disguise...
Sudan police have arrested five Sudanese human rights activists in the Darfur region and beat and arrested several Sudanese students who were rioting on the Juba University campus in Northern Khartoum, according to Amnesty International [advocacy...
