Suspected and convicted foreign-born terrorists regularly exploit federal immigration laws to enter or remain illegally in the US, according to a new study released Tuesday by the Center for Immigration Studies . According to Immigration Benefits and Terrorism:...

US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said Tuesday that there could be further changes to the draft Iraqi constitution . Khalilzad told reporters that he believes "that a final, final draft has not...

US Senator Patrick Leahy , ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Monday that the committee's Democrats intend to question Supreme Court nominee John Roberts about a Justice Department memo that some say led...

California's legislature passed a bill Monday that would prevent convicted sex offenders from obtaining state-funded erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs, such as Viagra and Levitra. The vote on AB 522 follows a May directive issued by...

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa has called parts of the draft Iraqi constitution a "recipe for chaos" and said that the draft denies Iraq's "Arab identity." Moussa told BBC's World Today...

As anticipated in JURIST's Paper Chase, Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded not guilty Monday to conspiracy and wire fraud charges arising from a casino cruise line deal. Abramoff was indicted earlier this month...

Leading Monday's states brief, the Utah Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow on whether former lesbian Keri Lynn is legally entitled to a parental relationship with a child born to a former girlfriend, when the child's...

A New Jersey judge Monday rejected a motion by drugmaker Merck to postpone its scheduled second trial in connection with its Vioxx painkiller, pulled off the market last year after it was found to increase...

JURIST is looking for talented, public-service oriented law students from law schools in the US and abroad to join our team of real-time legal news editors this fall.From Los Angeles to London, from Chicago to Cairo - if you're...

Attorneys for US citizen Ahmed Abu Ali were ordered Momday to produce expert reports to support his claim that he was abused while in Saudi custody. US District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee directed Ali's lawyers to file...