US Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that passing hate crimes legislation is one of his top priorities for the future, during the first Department of Justice (DOJ) oversight hearing of the Obama administration. In a prepared statement that covered a wide variety of topics, Holder also discussed counter-terrorism efforts, the [...]
Resolution apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African Americans, S Con Res 26, US Senate, June 18, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Tucker, et al. v. Scrushy, et al., Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, June 18, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. FindLaw | Opinion in Tucker v. Scrushy
District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. v. Osborne, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. DA v Osborne
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Gross v FBL
Yeager v. United States, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Yeager v US
Memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies, Subject: Federal Benefits and Non-Discrimination, The White House, June 17, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Federal Benefits and Non-Discrimination
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday began the retrial of former Rwandan army officer Tharcisse Muvunyi . In August, the ICTR quashed Muvunyi's 25-year prison sentence, ruling that there was insufficient evidence for his conviction on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. He now faces a retrial on a charge of [...]
US President Barack Obama proposed a broad series of financial regulatory reforms Wednesday intended to reestablish stability and confidence in the US financial system. The plan calls for the expansion of Federal Reserve regulatory powers to cover both bank and non-bank financial institutions, for the Reserve to oversee payment, clearance, and settlement systems of financial [...]
A US House of Representatives subcommittee questioned why a group of Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs is classified as a terrorist organization during a hearing Tuesday. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight heard testimony on why the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) militant group, which has been [...]
