Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Tuesday that a proposed Senate rule change to ban filibusters would only apply to the process of confirming judicial nominees , and would not extend into other...
The Delaware Supreme Court Tuesday cleared Oracle Corp.'s top two executives of allegations of insider trading. In a brief two-paragraph opinion , the three-judge Supreme Court panel affirmed without commentary a 2004 Court of...
Army investigative documents released Monday disclosed the existence of "wish lists" of harsh interrogation techniques that intelligence officials hoped to use on Iraqi detainees. The techniques, cited in various e-mails in August 2003 between interrogators and army officials, included...
Israel's Supreme Court Monday dismissed an attempt by Jewish settlers to bar legislation enabling the government to accomplish its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The settlers filed eight petitions challenging the Evacuation Compensation bill, ratified in...
Following up on a story reported last week in JURIST's Paper Chase, two Houston oil executives pleaded not guilty Monday in a Manhattan federal court to charges of defrauding the UN Oil-For-Food program and paying millions...
Italian authorities indicted four people on Monday in connection with the death of famed Italian financier Roberto Calvi , known as "God's Banker" due to his close association with the Vatican. Calvi was found hanging under a bridge...
Following up on a story reported yesterday in JURIST's Paper Chase, the New York State Assembly Codes Committee Tuesday defeated a bill to reinstate New York's death penalty by a vote of 11-7. The legislation, supported by...
The US Supreme Court asked for more police on Tuesday, citing recent attacks on judges and fears of terrorism. Justice Anthony Kennedy submitted a request to Congress for an additional $639,000 to pay for additional police patrols...
The RIAA announced Tuesday that it intends to sue hundreds of individual college students accused of illegally distributing music and movies across Internet2 , a super-fast computer network connecting universities and used for internet research....
Conservatives in the Canadian parliament plan to introduce an amendment Tuesday to scrap Bill C-38 , which establishes the Civil Marriage Act and allows for same-sex unions. Federal Liberals believe they will have...
