Bruce MacDonald, the senior Pentagon official overseeing war crimes tribunals at Guantanamo , on Friday denied a request to extend the filing deadline for pre-trial motions for prisoners accused of planning the 9/11 attacks . The prisoners’ lawyers stated that they needed the extension because of delays in getting security clearance and new restrictions on [...]
The federal government on Friday requested additional time for oral argument before the US Supreme Court to argue that the minimum coverage provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , which requires almost every US citizen to obtain health insurance by 2014 or face a tax penalty, is constitutional. The government requested [...]
US Army commander Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington referred Pfc. Bradley Manning to a general court-marital Friday on all charges for allegedly releasing classified information to WikiLeaks . The referral to a court-martial means Manning will now stand trial on 22 counts brought against him for his alleged disclosure of over 700,000 confidential documents and videos [...]
JURIST Contributing Editor Amos Guiora of the University of Utah SJ Quinney College of Law says that the lack of serious punishment for US troops involved in the 2005 killing of 24 innocent Iraqi civilians at Haditha requires immediate and constant training in international law and morality for US troops to preserve the integrity of [...]
The European Union’s data protection authorities wrote a letter to Google Thursday asking it to delay implementation of its new privacy policy, which is supposed to take effect March 1. The EU is concerned the privacy policy, which will combine various policies of more than 60 of its products into one, may be in violation [...]
Lawyers for two Guantanamo prisoners accused of planning the 9/11 attacks asked the Pentagon Thursday to extend the filing deadline for pre-trial motions. There are currently two prisoners requesting extension, and they both cite the recent mail review controversy as to why they have been unable to meet the current deadline. Navy Cmdr. Walter Ruiz, [...]
War crimes suspect Leon Mugesera was charged with genocide planning, incitement and distribution of arms Thursday in a Kigali court in Rwanda. He was deported from Canada to Rwanda nine days ago, following a 16-year battle in the Canadian court system in which Mugesera attempted to stay in Canada. The Quebec Superior Court ruled last [...]
The French Commercial Tribunal in Paris ruled Tuesday that Google Maps is anti-competitive because it is offered as a free service. The plaintiff, Bottin Cartographers , alleged that Google provides its maps service for free, thereby undercutting competitors, in order to gain market control. The court ordered that Google must pay £415,000 to the plaintiff [...]
The Massachusetts Appeals Court held Thursday that same-sex couples who marry and have a baby via artificial insemination are bound by the same child custody laws as heterosexual couples. The decision came after an appeal by Della Corte, who tried to have the parental rights of her ex-wife, Angelica Rameriez, revoked in divorce proceedings since [...]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ruled that Germany has immunity from claims brought in foreign courts by victims of the Nazi regime. The Court found that a 2008 decision by Italy’s Supreme Court violated Germany’s sovereign rights by allowing an Italian national to seek reparations in response to his deportation in 1944. [...]
