The Obama administration on Wednesday informed Congress that it objects to a proposed journalist shield law that would protect journalists who refuse to disclose sources that leak national security information. Under changes proposed by the administration, a reporter who...

Kimlya and others v. Russia, European Court of Human Rights, October 1, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary...

Sindh High Court Bar Association through its Secretary, et al. v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary, Ministry of Lawand Justice, Islamabad, et al., Supreme Court of Pakistan, October 1, 2009 [full judgment holding that former president Pervez Musharraf violated the...

Associated Press CEO Tom Curley told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that passage of the OPEN FOIA Act is a necessary first step to counter the "secrecy reflex at some agencies." At a...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday added 10 cases to its 2009 docket. In addition to taking a case dealing with the Second Amendment and another on a controversial terrorism law , the...

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced Wednesday that the ICC will prosecute the most responsible parties for the December 2007 Kenyan post-election violence now that Kenya's September...

Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia, September 30, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here....

In Re: Islamic Republic of Iran Terrorist Litigation, US District Court for the District of Columbia, September 30, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a controversial case dealing with gun rights and another dealing with a terrorism law. In McDonald v. Chicago ,...

Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. said Tuesday that charges would be dropped against four University of Pittsburgh students arrested during protests of last week's Pittsburgh Group of 20 (G-20) Summit [official...