Newdow, et al. v. US Congress, United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Judge Lawrence Karlton, September 14, 2005 [ruling that the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools with the language "under God" is...

Frances Newton was executed by lethal injection late Wednesday at Huntsville prison in Texas for fatally shooting her husband and two children in 1987, making her the first black woman executed by the state since it...

A Bosnian court created to ease the caseload of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia opened its first trial Wednesday against war crimes suspect Boban Simsic, a member of a Serb paramilitary...

Two men implicated in the growing scandal surrounding Texas Republican campaign groups associated with US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay have been charged with two additional felonies for violations in the 2002 election. Americans for a Republican...

The Grand Bench (en banc panel) of the Supreme Court of Japan ruled Wednesday that a clause of the country's Public Offices Election Law restricting the voting rights of Japanese nationals living abroad is unconstitutional....

US Chief Justice nominee John Roberts wrapped up a third day of confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday marked by more jousting with Democratic senators and strong support from Republicans....

Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines , the third and fourth largest US air carriers, both filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday. The filings highlighted the financial distress of the airline industry, particularly after...

In Wednesday's environmental law news, Pennsylvania has joined 14 other states suing the US Department of Energy (DOE) , alleging that the agency is 6 to 13 years behind schedule in updating efficiency standards for some household and...

A US lumber industry trade group has challenged the constitutionality of the dispute settlement system under the North American Free Trade Agreement , arguing that the system violates due process. The Coalition for Fair Lumber...

The Australian government has backed away from proposals to strip citizenship from those convicted of terrorism offenses, instead suggesting that it may be more effective to monitor them. Australian Prime Minister John Howard originally supported removing citizenship...