Prosecutors have finally charged Mexico City's popular mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador with abuse of authority, a move that could threaten Obrador's run for president. A week after President Vicente Fox considered - then...

The Israeli government has released a report setting material damages to the Jewish people during the Holocaust between $240 billion and $330 billion. The report is the first of its kind, including not only the...

The US House of Presentatives voted late Wednesday to allow oil drilling in the Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as part of new and wide-ranging energy legislation . The bill's sponsors claim the refuge will produce...

The Texas House of Representatives has passed legislation which would bar homosexuals from becoming foster parents. The ban, part of the state's attempt to revamp its Child Protective Services Agency , passed 135-6 Tuesday with two abstentions...

Chicago Cardinal Francis George said Wednesday that new pope Benedict XVI , will preserve the church law giving bishops broad power to discipline sexually abusive priests. George said he had previously told then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger...

The UN Human Rights Commission Thursday passed a resolution condemning rights abuses in Sudan. The final text, supported by the US, the EU, other African nations and even Sudan itself, only passed after a compromise was reached...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, April 21.The US Senate convenes at 9:30 AM ET today. It will begin an executive session at 10:30 AM ET to...

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, signed into law by President George W. Bush, April 21, 2005. Read the full text of the legislation as signed via THOMAS. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

School District of the City of Pontiac et al. v. Spellings, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, April 20, 2005 [suit brought by the National Educational Association and local school districts seeking to force the federal...

Suspected terrorist Babar Ahmad announced Wednesday through his political party that he will run for election to the UK parliament on May 5 from his cell in Woodhill Prison in Buckinghamshire. Ahmad has been indicted...