Council of the European Union Secretary-General Javier Solana on Monday said that while the US bears ultimate responsibility for detainees released from the Guantanamo Bay military prison, several EU member states would likely be willing to accept some former prisoners. Solana made the statement during a European Commission meeting of 27 EU members in Brussels. [...]
Jeremy Tedesco : "The Northern District of Illinois recently struck down an Illinois law that mandates a brief period of silence before the start of each public school day in Sherman v. Township High School District 214. The lawsuit was brought by a prominent Illinois atheist and his daughter, who attends a public school where [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday heard oral arguments by lawyers for Zacarias Moussaoui , requesting Moussaoui's guilty plea and life sentence be withdrawn and a new trial be granted. The lawyers argued that Moussaoui's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights were violated, making his guilty plea involuntary. Moussaoui's lawyers also [...]
A dispute settlement panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday found for the US that large parts of China's intellectual property scheme are inconsistent with its obligations under several international treaties, including the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) . The panel's findings come as the result of a process [...]
US President Barack Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Monday, directing the agency to allow California and several other states to impose state vehicle emissions standards that are more stringent than the federal vehicle emissions standards. The memorandum reverses a policy set by the administration of former US President [...]
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday decided six cases. The Court ruled unanimously in Crawford v. Nashville and Davidson County that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects a government employee against being fired for cooperating with an internal sexual harassment probe against a superior. The issue came before the court in a [...]
Impeachment proceedings began Monday in the Illinois State Senate against Governor Rod Blagojevich , who is boycotting the proceedings. Blagojevich and his lawyers have refused to attend the proceedings, claiming that Senate procedures are biased and will deny Blagojevich his due process rights. Instead, Blagojevich chose to spend the first day of his trial interviewing [...]
Bolivian voters on Sunday approved a new constitution that places more power in the hands of the country's indigenous majority. The leftist constitution, which passed by a 59 percent majority, is said by President Evo Morales himself a member of the indigenous majority, to be the start of the new Bolivia . The constitution serves [...]
China – Measures Affecting the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, World Trade Organization, January 26, 2008 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, US Supreme Court, January 26, 2009 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
