Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, US Supreme Court, June 28, 2007 . Read the Court's opinion per Chief Justice Roberts, along with a concurrence from Justice Thomas, a second concurrence from Justice Kennedy, a dissent from Justice Stevens, and a second dissent from Justice Breyer. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Yes on Prop 200, et al. v. Janet Napolitano et al., Arizona Court of Appeals, June 28, 2007 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Israeli President Moshe Katsav signed a plea agreement with prosecutors Thursday, under which he will admit to charges of indecent assault, sexual harassment, and obstruction of justice, and will resign from the presidency, in exchange for a suspended sentence and the dropping of rape charges brought by a former employee. The plea agreement, announced by [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously upheld a federal restriction on tobacco advertisements Thursday, finding it did not violate the free expression rights of tobacco companies. The suit was brought by the JTI-Macdonald, Rothmans, and Imperial Tobacco Canada , which challenged Canada's 1997 Tobacco Act , a statute which heavily limits tobacco advertisements in the [...]

Saifullah Paracha , a Guantanamo Bay detainee who blocked the US military from performing a cardiac catheterization on him last November, is increasing ill and suffering from frequent fainting and chest pains, his lawyers said Wednesday. Paracha, a Pakistani detainee who suffered two heart attacks while in US custody in Afghanistan, has refused the diagnostic [...]

A justice on the Pakistani Supreme Court said Thursday that the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has damaged Pakistan, calling the resulting litigation "not a case but a crisis." Presiding Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, speaking following arguments made by lawyers for Chaudhry in his ongoing high court proceeding, also said cooperation was needed for [...]

Letter to US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, White House counsel Fred F. Fielding, June 28, 2007 . Read the full text of the letter . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) announced Thursday that it has referred the case of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi , the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am 103 over the Scottish village of Lockerbie, to Scotland's High Court of the Justiciary , after identifying six grounds for a possible [...]

Diplomats from the United States and the European Union (EU) said Wednesday they have reached a provisional agreement on the US use of financial data from the Belgian-based Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) , formulating more EU oversight of the US Terrorist Finance Tracking Program . The agreement ensures that the US adheres [...]

The US Senate voted against limiting debate on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill for a second time Thursday, leaving doubt that the bill will be revisited in the fall or even next year. The 46-53 vote was far short of the two-thirds majority needed to clear way for the bill's passage, and came following rejections [...]