Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007 [reversing the Seven Circuit's ruling that taxpayers have standing to challenge a faith-based program created by a Presidential executive order, and holding that taxpayers do not have standing...

Morse v. Frederick, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007 [reversing the Ninth Circuit's ruling that a principal unreasonably restricted a student's right to free speech, holding that the First Amendment does not require schools to tolerate at school events student...

Iranian 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi Monday accused the Iranian government of interfering in judicial affairs to prevent the release of two US clients currently detained...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in four cases to be heard next term. In Riegel v. Medtronic (06-179) the court will decide whether Food and Drug...

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has upheld a 2006 Moscow ban on gay pride parades , dismissing an appeal by parade organizers . The decision handed down Friday upheld a Moscow...

A court in Tel Aviv ruled Monday on an appeal by Omri Sharon , reducing his prison sentence for corruption from nine to seven months. Sharon, son of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, pleaded...

China's National People's Congress on Sunday revised a proposed law regulating media during national emergencies after delegates and local people's congresses criticized the law as improper. The proposal, first introduced last June, would have imposed...

The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in five cases Monday, including Morse v. Frederick , where the Court held that public schools do not violate the First Amendment...

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Monday declassified a 693-page file detailing the CIA's illegal activities compiled from a comprehensive internal investigation initiated in May, 1973 by then-CIA director James R. Schlesinger ...

Russian Deputy Prosecutor General Ivan Sydoruk has said that the country should police Internet sites to prevent the spread of extremist material, according to the newspaper Kommersant Friday. Extremism has recently been a major concern for Russian...