President Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan ordered the country's Central Election Commission and Supreme Court Monday to investigate allegations of fraud in the country's recent parliamentary elections that have spawned weeks of protests from opposition groups. The original...

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist returns to the US Supreme Court bench Monday to hear arguments, according to a Court spokesperson. Rehnquist is planning to attend the two arguments scheduled for this morning in...

Ansyaad Mbai, the head of the Counterterrorism division of Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs, announced Monday that the Indonesian government plans to outlaw the al-Qaida-linked radical Islamic group Jemaah Islamiyah [MIPT...

An unnamed lieutenant in the US Navy special forces SEALs begins his court-martial Monday on charges of assault, dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming an officer stemming from the treatment of Iraqi prisoner Manadel al-Jamadi [Wikipedia...

Over 200 protestors were arrested in Nepal Sunday as two political activist groups held a national "Civil Disobedience Day" to protest the royal assumption of governmental power on February 1. The Nepali Congress ...

President Bush early Monday morning signed legislation passed by the US Senate and then the House that would allow the federal courts to review the case of brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo [JURIST news...

After over three hours of debate ending after midnight Monday morning, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow a federal judge to conduct a de novo review of the Terri...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, March 21.The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases today beginning at 10 AM ET. In the first...

House Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner has risen in the US House of Representatives to begin an extraordinary Sunday night pre-Easter recess debate on S. 686, a bill passed earlier this afternoon by the Senate ...

S. 686, For the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo, passed by the US Senate March 20, 2005 [bill to give the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida "jurisdiction to hear, determine, and render...