The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Wednesday in Puckett v. United States that a defendant's claim that the prosecution breached a plea agreement must be raised at...
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Supreme Court rules for state on plea agreement case
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Rights group claims US immigrant detention policy violates international Law
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Senate committee hears testimony on credit card reform
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Federal judge orders revision of religious worker immigration policy
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Israel, US criticize ‘biased’ UN rights report on possible Gaza war crimes
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Honduras president proposes vote on constitutional referendum
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EPA submits first federal greenhouse gas regulation proposal to White House
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Supreme Court hears campaign finance case
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UK justice secretary outlines proposed ‘rights and responsibilites’ legislation
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UN rights body claims Myanmar violating its own law by detaining democracy advocate
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A substantial increase in the number of immigrants detained by the US over the last decade and the length of their detentions "falls short of international human rights law," according to a report released...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday to investigate "abusive credit card practices and bankruptcy" . The hearing, chaired by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) , was held in conjunction with the proposed Consumer...
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington Monday ordered the revision of a US government regulation that singles out religious workers applying for permanent residency. Judge Robert Lasnik...
A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Tuesday derided a report to the UN Human Rights Council that accused Israel of human rights violations during its recent military operations in...
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya announced Monday that the government will conduct a poll to determine whether voters are receptive to a November referendum that would establish a Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution....
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted a "Proposal for Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases Under the Clean Air Act" to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , in which the Court will consider whether federal election law prohibits...
UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw Monday outlined draft legislation that would officially recognize certain "rights and responsibilities" for British citizens. The legislation described in a government green paper prior to public consultations would formally...
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said that the detention of Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi violates Myanmar's 1975 State Protection Law and...
