The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled Tuesday that a Massachusetts regulation prohibiting prisoners from receiving sexually explicit mail is constitutional. The petitioners challenged the portions of 103 CMR § 481.15 , which regulate the receipt of sexually explicit pictures in the mail and the display of sexually explicit or suggestive images, [...]
The US-led Multi-National Force (MNF) in Iraq said Tuesday that it is still holding 11,057 Iraqi prisoners in three separate camps throughout the country. The prisoners currently held in the three US camps, Camp Taji, Camp Cropper, and Camp Bucca, will either be released or transferred to Iraqi authorities as the military works to transfer [...]
Opuz v. Turkey, European Court of Human Rights, June 9, 2009 . Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Resolution Impeaching Samuel B. Kent, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, for high crimes and misdemeanors, US House of Representatives, June 9, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Kent impeachment
Indiana State Police Pension Trust, et al. v. Chrysler LLC, et al., US Supreme Court, June 9, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Chrysler order
Josselyn, et al. v. Tyree, et al., US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, June 9, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Josselyn v Tyree
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday condemned the violence perpetrated against civilians in Mogadishu, Somalia, during an uptick in fighting between government and militia forces over the weekend, as a violation of international human rights law. Calling the treatment of the civilian population "unacceptable," Guillermo Bettocchi, the UNHCR Representative [...]
Confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will begin on July 13, as announced Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy . The committee released a schedule for the process that attempts to follow a time line of Justice Roberts' confirmation. The schedule foresees Sotomayor being confirmed on August 6, before the [...]
The US Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution on Tuesday heard testimony regarding the "legal, moral and national security impact" of long-term, indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects. Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said that the hearing was intended to advise the committee about "various proposals for preventive detention that have [...]
A Guantanamo Bay detainee was transferred to New York on Tuesday to face criminal charges for his alleged terrorist activities, marking the first time a detainee from the facility has been brought to the US for prosecution. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani , who has been held at the controversial detention facility since 2006, is accused of [...]
