The Indiana Democratic Party on Monday said it would appeal a federal judge's ruling that a state law requiring voters to show photo identification is valid. Party Chairman Daniel Parker said the ruling "glossed over"...

A New York judge on Monday ordered Transport Union Workers Local 100 to pay $2.5 million in fines for illegally going on strike in December, bringing New York City's public transport system to a halt. Judge Theodore...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, last minute opposition from the UN representatives of both Russia and China has blocked the imposition of proposed UN sanctions against four Sudanese officials accused of intentionally delaying the peace process in the...

The UK government said Monday that it plans to intervene in a case brought by a group of British citizens against Saudi Arabian officials who allegedly tortured them to argue that foreign officials who torture British citizens abroad should...

A city court in Siberia where former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is currently in prison ruled Tuesday that his 5-day transfer to solitary confinement earlier this year was unlawful. Khodorkovsky was temporarily...

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue signed into law Monday a bill cracking down on illegal immigration that will prevent illegal aliens from receiving many of the state's services paid for by taxpayers. The Georgia Security and...

US v. Sami Amin Al-Arian, Plea Agreement, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida [former University of South Florida professor pleading guilty to one charge of conspiring to provide services to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in violation...

Gonzales v. Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, April 17, 2006 .Read the per curiam opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad v. White , a case in which it will decide which of the...

After serving 19 months in a Chinese prison on charges of disclosing military secrets and being told the charges would be dropped last month, New York Times researcher Zhao Yan learned Monday that he...