The lawyers for terrorism suspect Ahmed Ghailani on Tuesday requested access to secret prisons operated by the Central Intelligence Agency at which their client was held prior to his...

The White House on Monday accepted the resignation of impeached federal judge Samuel Kent from his seat on the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas . In a resignation letter submitted [JURIST...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)  on Tuesday upheld  Spain's ban of Basque political groups Batasuna and Herri Batasuna for their alleged ties to Basque separatist group ETA [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...

California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Notice of Decision Granting a Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption for California's 2009 and Subsequent Model Year Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for New Motor Vehicles, Environmental Protection Agency, June 30, 2009 [granting...

Sheehan, et al. v. Franken, Minnesota Supreme Court, June 30, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has...

Lisbon Treaty ruling, German Constitutional Court, June 30, 2009 . Reported in...

The Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the 2005 war crimes conviction of a Dutch businessman convicted of selling chemicals used by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to create...

LJN: BG4822, Hoge Raad, 07/10742, Netherlands Supreme Court, June 30, 2009 . Read...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday granted permission to California to enforce its own greenhouse gas emissions standards. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said that "the decision puts law and science first," and...

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state's 2008 US Senate race over incumbent opponent Norm Coleman . In an unanimous ruling, the court affirmed the April...