Garcetti v. Ceballos, Supreme Court of the United States, May 30, 2006 . Excerpt: Exposing governmental inefficiency and misconduct is a matter of considerable significance. As the Court noted in Connick, public employers should, "as a matter of good judgment," be "receptive to constructive criticism offered by their employees." 461 U. S., at 149. The [...]

A Jordanian court on Tuesday convicted the editors of two national newspapers and sentenced them to two months' imprisonment for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that incited protests and violence across the Muslim world earlier this year after first appearing last September in Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. The editors — Jihad al-Momani of Shihan and [...]

European Parliament v. Council of the European Union, European Court of Justice, May 30, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act, signed by President George W. Bush, May 29, 2006 . Read the full text of the Act . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Lawyers for the US Department of Justice argued in a federal court filing Tuesday that the government has no legal obligation to return documents seized by the FBI from the office of Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) , who is under investigation in connection with a bribery scheme involving a Kentucky telecommunications firm that was granted [...]

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said Tuesday that the Iraqi government will launch its own probe into the allegations that US Marines killed two dozen Iraqi civilians and militants in the city of Haditha in November 2005. Reports that the killings were carried out by the Marines in retribution for a roadside bomb first appeared [...]

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to fast-track the state's appeal of a lower court ruling striking down a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. Oral arguments are scheduled for June 27. Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) said earlier this month that Georgia Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker would seek expedited review of [...]

An appeals court in Uzbekistan on Tuesday upheld an eight-year prison term for human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva , even though prosecutors had recommended a more lenient sentence. Tojiboyeva, a prominent critic of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov and head of the group Ardent Hearts, was detained in October as she prepared to leave for an [...]

Ireland broke European law by asking the United Nations to arbitrate its claim against the United Kingdom in respect of the Sellafield nuclear power plant , an EU court ruled Tuesday. Ireland sought arbitration from a UN tribunal in 2001, claiming that the UK violated the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea by [...]

AP is reporting that a jury in Rockville, Md. has convicted Washington, D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad of six counts of murder. The jurors heard four weeks of testimony in the trial, in which Muhammad represented himself . Muhammad has already been convicted and sentenced to death in Virginia for shootings there. Maryland prosecutors are [...]