Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006, S. 2349, United States Senate, passed March 29, 2006 . Read the full text of the bill as placed on the Senate calendar. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Presidential statement S/PRST/2006/15 on non-proliferation and Iran, UN Security Council, March 29, 2006 . Read the full text of the statement. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld oral arguments transcript, Supreme Court of the United States, March 28, 2006 . Read the full text of the transcript . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The US Senate voted 90-8 late Wednesday to approve a lobbying reform bill pushed through in the wake of a corruption scandal centering on former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff , who was sentenced to a prison term Wednesday in an unrelated Florida fraud case. Under the Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 , lawmakers [...]

The UN Security Council Wednesday agreed on a statement demanding that Iran immediately suspend its nuclear enrichment program. The statement, which is not legally binding, seeks a report on the extent of Iran's compliance from the International Atomic Energy Agency within 30 days. Watch recorded video of the reading of the statement by the current [...]

AP is reporting that Ahmed Omar Abu Ali has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for joining al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate President Bush . Abu Ali faced a possible life sentence following his conviction last November. Abu Ali's sentencing had been delayed to give lawyers in the case time to investigate whether [...]

The UN Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to allow UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to open formal negotiations on the establishment of a tribunal to try suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . The UK- and US-sponsored Resolution 1664 calls on Annan to negotiate an agreement with the Lebanese [...]

A Maryland judge ruled Wednesday that DC sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad can represent himself during his upcoming trial on six counts of first degree murder related to the three-week series of shootings in the Washington, DC area in October 2002. Earlier this week, Muhammad sent a handwritten letter to Judge James L. Ryan asking [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Bustillo v. Johnson and Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon , a pair of consolidated cases that could expand the Miranda rights of foreign nationals. The cases involve two convicted foreign nationals – a Honduran and a Mexican – who claim their arresting officers' failure to notify them of [...]

Former Assistant US Attorney Richard Convertino and US State Department Regional Secretary Officer Harry Raymond Smith III were indicted before a Detroit federal grand jury Wednesday on charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and making false declarations in connection with a botched 2003 terrorism trial. Convertino was the lead prosecutor in a case against North [...]