Democrats in the US House of Representatives Tuesday failed to secure enough votes to override President George W. Bush's veto of the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2008 , which would have prohibited the Central Intelligence...

State of Kansas ex rel Paul J. Morrison, Attorney General of the State of Kansas v. The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of the State of Kansas, Kansas Supreme Court, March 11, 2008 [ruling that an advisory opinion on the anti-funeral...

2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, March 11, 2008 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Steven J. Hatfill, M.D., v. Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, March 11, 2008 [granting request by former USA Today reporter Toni Locy to block a daily contempt of court...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday granted a request filed by former USA Today reporter Toni Locy to block a daily contempt of court fine while Locy...

Leaders of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) will stand trial in Uganda rather than at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told AP Tuesday. Museveni...

The US State Department Tuesday heavily criticized the right records of North Korea, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Eritrea and Sudan Tuesday in its annual report on worldwide human rights observance. In the introduction to the...

A Belgian government commission on restitution for Holocaust victims issued its final report Tuesday, finding that Holocaust survivors, victims' families and the general Jewish community should receive $170 million to compensate for the money and...

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state's anti-funeral picketing law is unconstitutional, finding that it violates the separation of powers doctrine implied by the Kansas constitution . The court ruled that...

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo asked the Philippine Congress Tuesday to work with her administration to pass a comprehensive anti-corruption reform act to fight the corruption she said has plagued the country for decades. Arroyo...