Detainees at prisons across Iraq who have not yet been tried cast their votes in the country's constitutional referendum Thursday as authorities stepped up security in preparation for the full referendum on Saturday. Those...

Letters of US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers to then-Texas Governor George W. Bush, released by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, October 11, 2005. Read selected letters via The Smoking Gun. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

United States v. Bennett, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, October 12, 2005 [criminal complaint against Phillip R. Bennett, former CEO of Refco, one of the largest commodities brokerage firms in the world, charging him...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said Wednesday that it was reconsidering a ban on firearms for people living at emergency housing parks in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina after being pressured...

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Wednesday dropped criminal charges against Theodore Sihpol, a former Bank of America broker accused of aiding illegal trades by a hedge fund, after Sihpol settled related charges with...

Indonesia has agreed to work on strengthening its anti-terrorism laws with help from Australia, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Wednesday. Downer made the announcement after meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda in...

The Clearing House Association v. Eliot Spitzer, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Sydney H. Stein, October 12, 2005 [ruling that New York attorney general Spitzer is barred from investigating national banks' lending practices,...

The White House Wednesday cited the religious views of US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers , acknowledging the relevance of those to religious conservatives while denying that they should play any role in the rulings...

Counter-terrorism Legislation and Practice: A Survey of Selected Countries, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, October 12, 2005 . Read the full text of the survey . Reported...

Terrorism Bill, text as introduced in the UK Parliament October 12, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill . Reported...