A top official at the US Department of Justice's Regime Crimes Liaison Office in Baghdad has suggested that the current trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could end as early as June, with further trial proceedings to commence thereafter. Kevin P. Dooley told reporters that if all goes smoothly, further indictments should be served [...]
Israeli police said Monday that Palestinians who plan to run in the January 25 parliamentary elections will be permitted to campaign in Jerusalem, reversing a previous ban against Palestinian campaigning in the capital city. Senior Palestinian politician Hatem Abdel Khader said he viewed the lifted ban as an indication that Israel would also permit residents [...]
Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik has promised new efforts to revive the stalled EU Constitution during the Austrian Presidency of the EU in the first half of 2006. The draft constitution was rejected by both France and the Netherlands last year, halting further national referendums as the proposal must be approved by all 25 member [...]
Iran confirmed Monday that it will restart its nuclear fuel research program, a decision which may lead European Union and US officials to refer Iran to the UN Security Council for sanctions. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Iran would resume its program when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was ready to [...]
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL) outlined a plan Sunday to implement more stringent restrictions on the "perks" members of Congress may accept from private parties. Reconsideration of the restrictions was sparked by the recent Congressional ethics scandal involving former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff , and Texas Congressman Tom Delay . [...]
The man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 will be released on parole from prison Thursday after a Turkish court ruled that he has completed his sentences for shooting the pope and other crimes. The Vatican expressed surprise at the news, saying it only learned of the release of Mehmet Ali Agca through [...]
The US Army has dropped charges against Capt. Christopher Beiring, the Army officer implicated in the death of two terror detainees at the US-run Bagram detention facility in Afghanistan , due to insufficient evidence. Beiring was charged in September with dereliction of duty and making a false statement and it was alleged that Beiring failed [...]
Christian conservatives on Sunday rallied in support of US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito and called for reforms to the federal judiciary, during Justice Sunday III . The rally, sponsored by the Family Research Council and Focus on the Family , was organized to protest recent federal court decisions on the separation of church and [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Brian Foley of Florida Coastal School of Law says that while senators are likely to query Judge Samuel Alito this week about his views on executive power, they themselves have dangerously indulged it without setting clear limitations, as recently evidenced by their approval of the "compromise" Graham-Levin amendment severely restricting access to [...]
Arce, et al. v. Garcia, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Circuit Judge Tjoflat, February 28, 2005 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
