The FBI reported to a presidential oversight board that between 2001 and 2008 it committed approximately 800 violations of laws, executive orders, or other regulations governing intelligence investigations, according to a report released Monday by the Electronic...
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ruled Tuesday that the court-martial of former army chief and parliament minister Sarath Fonseka was legal and bars him from serving in government. Fonseka had appealed...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases Monday and summarily reversed a Ninth Circuit decision in a California parole case. In Howes v. Fields , the...
The US Supreme Court declined Tuesday to rule on a DC same-sex marriage referendum and a Guantanamo detainee appeal but granted certiorari in a consolidated case involving Medicaid reimbursement rates. In...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 8-1 in Ransom v. FIA Card Services, N.A. that debtors who apply for Chapter 13 bankruptcy cannot use a car payment as a deduction from their...
The trial of anti-Castro Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles began Monday on charges of lying to federal immigration officials that could carry a sentence of up to 60 years in prison. He...
The Illinois House passed a bill abolishing the death penalty Thursday, but the bill must still be passed by the Senate with the General Assembly facing a lame-duck session. The amended bill (SB3539) [amendment,...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Thursday that Guantanamo Bay detainee Farhi Saeed Bin Mohammed was transfered to his native Algeria pursuant to a court order from November 2009....
The Supreme Court of California ruled Monday that law enforcement officers can legally search text messages on a suspect's cell phone without a warrant incident to a lawful custodial arrest. The court held 5-2 that...
Afghanistan's five-judge panel set up last week to investigate election complaints said Monday that it will issue rulings in time for President Hamid Karzai to seat the parliament as scheduled on January 20. Karzai...
