Iraqi leaders continued to work on hammering out the final details of their new Constitution Thursday, with a Monday deadline looming over the talks. Debates over federalism and the role of a centralized government are still a...

Diplomats at an emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency are working Thursday on a resolution that expresses "serious concern" over the restart of Iran's nuclear program , but stops short of asking the UN...

The Republican National Committee has spent over $722,000 on lawyers from the highly-regarded Washington firm Williams & Connolly to defend James Tobin on vote tampering charges, an RNC spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. Tobin, President Bush's 2004 campaign chairman...

New documents on the legal career of US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts are expected to be released Thursday by the National Archives and the Ronald Reagan presidential library, but Senate Democrats are continuing calls [JURIST...

Omar Bakri Mohammed, the British cleric who fled to Lebanon after being named in an investigation into possible treason charges for allegedly praising the London bombings, was detained by Lebanese police Thursday. Bakri, who has...

Leading Wednesday's corporation and securities law news, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has suspended controversial corporate governance rules for mutual funds promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The suspension will last until...

Myers v. Loundoun County Public Schools, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, August 10, 2005 . Excerpt:The district court, applying the...

The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday upheld a Virginia law requiring daily recital of the Pledge of Allegiance in Virginia public schools. Attorneys for plaintiff Edward Myers had argued that the phrase...

Cyprus Foreign Minister George Iacovou told reporters Wednesday that he is unaware if former UN Oil-for-Food chief Benon Sevan is in the country, but if he is, any extradition request from abroad will likely be...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has denied an appeal request to reinterpret its November 2004 ruling that upheld the conviction of an American tried in Peru on charges she collaborated with the terrorist group...