Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, July 15, 2005 . Excerpt:Hamdan claims that AR 190-8 entitles him to have a "competent tribunal"...

Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America v. US Department of Agriculture, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, July 14, 2005 [providing in a preliminary ruling that US meatpackers can resume Canadian cattle importation, ending...

A new report by the American Progress Fund has savaged US television news networks for covering trivial legal stories such as the "runaway bride" [CNN.com report; interview on coverage with CNN president Jonathan Klein; Columbia Journalism Review...

UK Home Office minister Hazel Blears announced in a letter to opposition leaders released late Friday that the British government plans to create new criminal offenses covering incitement and the teaching or receiving of terrorist training in...

Leading Friday's states brief, the Wisconsin Supreme Court today extended the "risk contribution theory" to lead paint manufacturers and allowed the suit of a 15-year old boy who can't prove which manufacturer produced the paint that may...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Friday upheld US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's ruling that regulations imposed by the Federal Election Commission undercut the McCain-Feingold campaign...

A strong majority in Jordan’s House of Deputies , the country's lower house of parliament , voted Thursday to reject an extradition agreement between Jordan and the US. The vote followed several lawmakers' speeches blasting the United States...

Former Qwest Communications CFO Robin Szeliga pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of insider trading. Szeliga, initially charged last month , will likely face a term of 15 to 21 months in prison...

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has told the joint House and Senate Judiciary Committee that his proposal to reinstate the death penalty would ensure that no innocent people were executed by including multiple levels...

Bankrupt energy company Enron Corporation has agreed to pay over $1.5 billion to settle claims that it gouged California, Oregon and Washington and companies such as Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Southern California Edison Co., and...