Memorandum of Points and Authorities filed as amicus curiae in connection with a Motion for Return of Property filed by Rep. William Jefferson, May 25, 2006, Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the US House of Representatives, Office of General Counsel, June 7, 2006 . Read the full text of the motion .

Report to the President, Death of Milan Babic, Judge Kevin Parker, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, June 8, 2006 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

American Council on Education v. FCC, United States Court of Appeal for the DC Cirucit, June 9, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday upheld the Federal Communication Commission's ability to require broadband Internet companies and Internet phone service providers to comply with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) , which requires telecommunications companies to allow law enforcement officials access to their networks. CALEA [...]

Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry on Friday signed SB 1800 , a law which enlarges the scope of the death penalty to cover a second or subsequent sexual offense against a child under the age of 14. Similar child molestation statutes have been enacted by Florida, Louisiana and Montana, and the South Carolina governor signed a [...]

The Vatican has filed an appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking to overturn this week's decision by a district court judge to allow a clergy abuse lawsuit to proceed that names the Holy See as a defendant. US District Judge Michael Mosman refused to dismiss a clergy sex abuse [...]

Republican Governor Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of criminal conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination stemming from an investigation into the governor's hiring practices . Fletcher's attorney entered the not guilty plea on behalf of Fletcher while he vacationed in Florida. Franklin District Judge David Melcher set a tentative trial [...]

The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling declaring Walt Disney Co. directors and two former executives not liable for the approval of a $130 million severance package for former Disney president Michael Ovitz , after serving only 14 months as president. Several shareholders originally sued former CEO Michael Eisner , former general [...]

Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said Friday that there is no evidence for allegations made in an Australian magazine that accused Taliban member David Hicks has been tortured during his four-year detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba . The allegations were made in an article in the Monthly Magazine by Alfred McCoy, a history professor at [...]

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) introduced a new NSA oversight bill to the committee Thursday modifying his earlier proposal to require the NSA to seek FISC approval before conducting surveillance. The new proposal, a compromise plan written with Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), has three major features: in a major concession to the [...]