President Bush Monday rejected the option of deportation for the 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the US, asking Congress to keep in mind that we are talking about human beings, decent human beings as it prepared to take...
The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Brigham County v. Stewart , a case in which the Court will clarify the type of emergency situation required...
A federal judge in Boston Monday dismissed a suit filed in 2004 by twelve members of the US armed forces represented by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) challenging the militarys Dont ask,...
Human Rights Watch Monday called the use of lethal injections by US authorities "incompetent, negligent, and irresponsible" in a report urging the federal government and the 37 out of 38 death penalty states that use that...
Uzbekistan officials announced Sunday that they will close the local office of the American Bar Association Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI) , in existence since 1995. The Uzbek Justice Ministry claims that an inquiry...
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) Sunday urged Congress to work on passing an immigration bill this year, despite a current lack of agreement . Specter told CNN's Late Edition...
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced Sunday that she would commute all death sentences to life imprisonment. With the decision affecting 1,200 convicts currently on death row, Arroyo said, "I wish to announce that we...
Over 100 Muslim Brotherhood members were detained by Egyptian police Sunday, continuing the ruling government's persecution of party members. According to a source from the Interior Ministry, these latest arrests were in response to planned demonstrations by...
Democrats will ask a federal judge Tuesday to order Republican Party and White House officials to answer questions in response to a civil lawsuit alleging voter fraud committed during the 2002 New Hampshire phone jamming plot . During...
A New York judge Monday imposed a 10-day jail sentence and a $1,000 fine for criminal contempt against transit union president Roger Toussaint , who called for an illegal strike in December 2005 that shut down New...
