Christian conservatives on Sunday rallied in support of US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito and called for reforms to the federal judiciary, during Justice Sunday III . The rally, sponsored...

Arce, et al. v. Garcia, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Circuit Judge Tjoflat, February 28, 2005 [reinstating a $54.6 million verdict against two retired Salvadoran generals for allegedly allowing torture and other abuses during...

US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter Sunday acknowledged that a "heavy sense of drama" surrounded the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito , set to begin Monday. In a statement...

US military commission proceedings against two of a handful of charged prisoners at Guantanamo Bay , originally scheduled to restart Tuesday, have been pushed back to Wednesday in recognition of the the Feast of the Sacrifice, a...

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) said Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation program that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has been invited to testify as the main spokesperson for administration when...

Attorneys for a number of hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay have filed a petition in a California court to force the state medical ethics board to investigate Dr. John S. Edmondson, chief medical officer at the...

A British law firm has been linked to the ongoing investigation into the illegal activities of former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff . A former partner at London-based James & Sarch, now defunct, allegedly channeled $1 million from...

The US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia has reinstated a $55 million verdict against two former Salvadoran generals for allowing torture and other human rights violations to occur during the El Salvadoran civil war....

Officials in New Orleans have agreed to temporarily halt the scheduled demolition of thousands of private homes severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina until a federal judge decides if he will hear a legal challenge. Community activists...

Presidential Authority to Conduct Warrantless Electronic Surveillance to Gather Foreign Intelligence Information, Congressional Research Service, January 5, 2005 [concluding that although the legality of the NSA warrantless surveillance program could not be determined due to the need for classified materials,...