Wire services are reporting that President Bush will nominate federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts for the US Supreme Court seat opened by the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, according to Washington sources. Roberts, a former law...

US Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a bill Tuesday which could force millions of illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States to leave. The proposed bill includes the...

The Senate Tuesday delayed a floor debate on the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 which proposes giving native Hawaiians self-governance privileges . The Akaka bill is sponsored by US Senators Daniel Inouye...

An Egyptian Interior Ministry report has concluded that there are no links between detained chemist Magdi al-Nashar and the al-Qaeda suspects responsible for the bombings in London. Nashar was arrested in Cairo last week as part of...

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has filed civil fraud charges against former executives of i2 Technologies , a Texas company that produces supply chain management software. In a press release, the SEC announced that...

Three UK soldiers will be brought to trial charged with war crimes against Iraqi detainees, the Attorney General for England and Wales, Lord Goldsmith, announced Tuesday on behalf of the British Army Prosecuting Authority. Seven other British soldiers face...

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the Michigan Board of State Canvassers deadlocked today on a proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit the use of race and gender preferences in university admissions and government hiring. The board could not decide...

Interior ministers from Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Jordan joined Tuesday in calling for a swift start to the trial of Saddam Hussein after the Iraqi Special Tribunal [official website, JURIST news...

Late reports from Reuters indicate that two members of the 71-person Iraq constitution committee were shot dead earlier today, rather than three members as reported earlier . Sheikh Mujbil al-Sheikh Isa, Dhamin Hussein Ileywi and Aziz...

A lawyer for a US citizen held as an enemy combatant argued Tuesday in front of a US appeals court that his client should not be held without charges. Jose Padilla , a Muslim convert,...