The US Senate passed the Pension Protection Act of 2006 by a margin of 93-5 Thursday, a key bill its supporters say will preserve the workability of traditional employer-employee pension benefits packages while at the same time opening new savings options and reducing the likelihood of government bailouts. Forty-four million workers and retirees will be [...]
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, a former judge advocate who helped develop and teach the US Department of Defense Law of War Program for almost 20 years, says that US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales fails to understand that narrowing the scope of liability for US personnel under the War [...]
Canadian authorities arrested a new suspect Thursday in connection with alleged planned terrorist attacks in Ontario . The arrest of Ibrahim Alkhalel Mohammed Aboud is the first since authorities arrested 17 in connection with the terror plan in June. Aboud, like the other 17 suspects, is charged under the terrorism provisions of Section 83 of [...]
The Federal Election Commission on Thursday released a proposed rule that would exempt certain "grassroots lobbying" communications from advertising restrictions imposed by the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) . BCRA prohibits interest groups funded by corporations or unions from airing television or radio advertisements two months before general elections or one month before primaries [...]
Three US Marines have been charged with assault in the village of Hamdania in April this year, according to a late Thursday report by AP, citing US military officials. The April 10 incident came to light during a military investigation of seven Marines and one Navy corpsman charged in June with the murder and kidnapping [...]
As a panel of three federal judges heard arguments Thursday about how to redraw Texas' 23rd Congressional District without diluting minority votes in violation of the Voting Rights Act , US Circuit Judge Patrick Higginbotham said Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-TX) will likely be "the odd man out" when the lines are redrawn. Bonilla's district stretches [...]
A group of Missouri voters lacking acceptable identification under a Missouri law that requires voters to show photo IDs at the polls filed a lawsuit Thursday, claiming the law could keep people from the polls in November. Though the plaintiffs claim they are unable to cast regular ballots in the upcoming elections because of their [...]
Texas Democratic Party v. Benkiser, US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, August 3, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Fatal Strikes: Israel's Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in Lebanon, Human Rights Watch, August 3, 2006 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Loi n° 2006-961 du 1er août 2006 relative au droit d'auteur et aux droits voisins dans la société de l'information, August 3, 2006 . Read the full text of the law. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
