The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a case concerning whether a county board of commissioners in North Carolina violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by opening their public...
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Supreme Court declines to rule on county board meeting prayers
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Supreme Court upholds Congress’ authority to restore lapsed foreign copyrights
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UK panel will not complete investigation into torture allegations
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Guantanamo commander defends policy of reading prisoner mail
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Ethiopia government committed abuses during relocations: HRW
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Supreme Court rules federal courts can hear lawsuits under telephone act
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Federal judge rejects appeal by Madoff trustee in Mets case
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Supreme Court hears arguments on tax assessments, qualified immunity
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European Commission to challenge Hungary laws
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Rwanda genocide tribunal transfers prosecution materials to national government
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The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Golan v. Holder that Congress has the authority under the Copyright Act to restore copyright protection in foreign works where the work was never registered...
The chairman of the UKDetainee Inquiry said Wednesday that his panel will not complete their investigation into torture allegations against British intelligence agents. In his statement, Judge Peter Gibson said that the Secretary of State for...
The new policy that allows government officials to monitor Guantanamo Bay prisoners' mail dominated the opening day of pretrial hearings for Guantanamo inmate and alleged USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri on...
The Ethiopian government's relocation of thousands of indigenous people from the western Gambella region has resulted in possible human rights violations, according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . The Gambella relocations, which...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Mims v. Arrow Financial Services LLC that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not deprive the federal district courts of their federal...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on Tuesday that Madoff trustee Irving Picard cannot appeal a ruling that threw out most of his $1 billion suit...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In United States v. Home Concrete & Supply LLC the court heard arguments on what can activate an "extended...
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso announced Tuesday that the Commission will legally challenge three Hungarian laws. The laws, passed last month in conjunction with Hungary's new constitution, are viewed by Barroso and...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) transferred prosecution materials to the Rwandan government on Monday for the first time with respect to a case stemming from the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...
