JURIST Contributing Editor Peter Shane of Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, says that Democrats taking over Congress in the wake of the mid-term elections should begin by reasserting constitutional checks and balances in a wide range of critical policy areas… With only their control of the Senate in doubt, Congressional Democrats are presumably [...]
Lisa Madigan : "Evidence at the trial established that from 2000-2004 the state of Illinois and the United States paid Amerigroup Corporation and its Illinois subsidiary over $243 million to set up a Medicaid HMO in Illinois that would provide healthcare services to Medicaid recipients. Amerigroup instead engaged in a systematic scheme to avoid enrolling [...]
In the Matter of Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts, US Federal Communications Commission, November 6, 2006 . Read the full text of the order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Officials in several US states asked judges to extend polling hours in a number of areas Tuesday after problems with new electronic voting machines caused delays and left some voters unable to cast ballots in nationwide mid-term elections. By mid-afternoon, requests had been made in Denver, Colorado, Muncie, Indiana, and Davidson County, Tennessee . Voting [...]
Gitanjali Gutierrez : "In March 2003, Majid Khan, his brother, his sister-in-law, and his year-old niece were arrested by Pakistani intelligence. It was more than three years before Majid was heard from again. For much of that time, he was held incommunicado by the CIA, and subject to the Bush Administration's "enhanced interrogation techniques." Now, [...]
Milan prosecutor Armando Spataro said Tuesday that his office is once again pressing for the extradition of 26 Americans for their role in the alleged 2003 CIA kidnapping of Egyptian cleric Moustafa Hassan Nasr from Italy. Spataro was previously stonewalled by the conservative and strongly pro-US government of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. He has [...]
Kyrgyzstan opposition party members and pro-government supporters announced Tuesday that they had reached a compromise in an effort to reform the country's constitution . Members of the country's parliament are expected to vote Wednesday on a new draft charter, which places limits on the powers of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev . The draft also creates [...]
Iraq's Interior Ministry announced Tuesday that 57 members of its Shiite-led police force have been charged with torturing hundreds of detainees at a prison in eastern Baghdad. This is the first time the Iraqi government has filed charges against members of the police amidst ongoing accusations of corruption and human rights violations. Besides the police [...]
Lawyers in Jordan held a one-hour strike Tuesday to protest the death sentences imposed over the weekend against Saddam Hussein and two co-defendants in the Dujail crimes against humanity case . The Jordan Bar Association led the brief work stoppage for its 10,000 members; about 250 lawyers staged a demonstration outside the Palace of Justice [...]
The Australian Senate voted Tuesday to lift restrictions on stem cell research and permit the therapeutic cloning of human embryos. By a 34-32 vote, lawmakers approved the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 , which also includes stricter penalties of up to 15 years in [...]
