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White House pressed Ashcroft to recertify NSA surveillance program: ex-deputy AG
Former US Deputy Attorney General James Comey testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that in March 2004, in response to Comey's reservations about reauthorizing the controversial warrantless domestic surveillance program , the (More) |
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Ohio man pleads not guilty to terror charges
US citizen Christopher Paul pleaded not guilty Friday to charges [indictment, PDF; JURIST report] that he conspired to assist terrorists and to bomb European tourist sites and US military and government facilities overseas. Paul, from Columbus, OH, (More) |
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Brooklyn prison guards named in 9/11 abuse suit plead not guilty to beating charges
Eight prison guards from the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, NY pleaded not guilty on Friday at arraignments in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on charges of using physical violence and excessive force (More) |
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Federal grand jury indicts Ohio man on terrorism and conspiracy charges
A federal grand jury in the US Southern District of Ohio on Wednesday charged Christopher Paul, from Columbus, Ohio, with conspiring to aid terrorists and use weapons of mass destruction to bomb European tourist sites and US military and governmen (More) |
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Child Online Protection Act held unconstitutional
A federal judge on Thursday granted a permanent injunction against enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) , a federal law that imposes civil and criminal penalties on website operators for making sexually explicit materials available (More) |
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Google revises data retention policy after DOJ subpoenas
Google Inc. announced a new user privacy policy on Wednesday where, "unless is legally required to retain log data for longer," Google will anonymize search information, such as the query entered, IP addresses, and cookie details, after (More) |
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Gonzales resignation urged after report on FBI privacy breaches
Several high-ranking Democratic senators have called for the resignation of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in the wake of revelations in an official audit that the FBI broke and misused laws in the process of obtaining personal information f (More) |
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US appeals court upholds extended copyright law protection
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Monday dismissed a challenge to the constitutionality of changes to copyright law made in the 1990s. The Court affirmed a lower court's dismissal of Kahle v. Gonzales , in which the plaintiffs argue (More) |
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Supreme Court allows deportation for aiding car theft
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] ruled Wednesday that an alien convicted for aiding and abetting a theft offense can be deported under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) . In Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez , Luis Alexa (More) |
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Appeals court hears post-9/11 detainee lawsuit against Ashcroft
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit sharply questioned federal officials Wednesday during oral arguments in the case of a Pakistani man who says he was detained because of his race, religion or national origin soon (More) |
Montgomery started racially-integrated bus service after boycott
On December 21, 1956, buses in Montgomery, Alabama, started racially-integrated service following federal court rulings ending on-board segregation.
Bus boycott leaders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy were among the first riders under the new scheme. Learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
