Ricci, et al. v. DeStefano, et al., US Supreme Court, June 29, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...

Kenyan troops tortured, raped, and committed other human rights violations against civilians during an operation to quell ethnic fighting in the country's northeastern Mandera Triangle region, according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW)...

Iran's Guardian Council of the Constitution on Monday certified the results of the controversial June 12 presidential election , officially sanctioning the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [BBC profile; JURIST...

The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered re-argument in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on whether Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce and McConnell v. Federal Election Commission...

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison on securities fraud charges stemming from his multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme. Madoff, 71, appeared before Judge Denny Chin of the...

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 in Cuomo v. Clearing House Association that the National Bank Act (NBA) and 12...

The US Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court ruling dismissing racial discrimination challenges to the promotion criteria used by the fire department of New Haven, CT. The Court ruled 5-4...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in six cases. In Abbott v. Abbott , the Court will consider whether a ne exeat clause, which prohibits one...

The US Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has cautioned that Guantanamo Bay detainees tried by military commission in the US have some constitutional protections , the Wall Street Journal ...

Civil Partnership Bill 2009, Ireland Department of Justice, June 28, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here....