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ACLU: Utah law restricting Internet speech unconstitutional
The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah (ACLU) on Wednesday asked a federal judge to permanently block a Utah law that restricts Internet speech. Utah Code §§ 76-10-1206 and 76-10-1233 regulate Internet material, including artwork, p (More) |
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Supreme Court rules Ashcroft immune from suit over witness detention
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday ruled in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd that a witness in a terror investigation cannot challenge the constitutionality of an objectively reasonable arrest pursuant to a validly obtained (More) |
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Supreme Court hears Ashcroft immunity, Confrontation Clause cases
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] Wednesday in two cases: one regarding the extent of immunity for a federal official and another regarding the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause. In Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd [oral (More) |
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US Inaction: Aiding and Abetting Nazis After the Fact
JURIST Guest Columnist Jordan Paust of the University of Houston says recent evidence shows that the US has enabled certain Nazi war criminals to avoid prosecution, but that it is incumbent upon the government to end such impunity by actively prosecu (More) |
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Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft immunity appeal
The US Supreme Court [official website, JURIST news archive] on Monday granted certorari in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd [docket; cert. petition, PDF] to determine whether former US attorney general John Ashcroft is entitled to absolute or qualified immuni (More) |
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Supreme Court refuses to take Arar rendition appeal
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday denied certiorari in Arar v. Ashcroft [docket; cert. petition, PDF], a case concerning the US government's extraordinary rendition policy. Canadian citizen Maher Arar [advo (More) |
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Obama pick for DOJ legal counsel withdraws nomination
US President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) withdrew her candidacy on Friday. Dawn Johnsen , nominated as the OLC's Assistant Attorney General in January 2009, has faced over a y (More) |
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Ninth Circuit denies rehearing on Ashcroft immunity petition
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday denied a petition by former attorney general John Ashcroft to reconsider its decision that Ashcroft is not entitled to absolute and qualified immunity in an unlawful detention case. By dec (More) |
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Federal judge allows Rumsfeld torture suit to proceed
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Friday denied a motion to dismiss a torture suit brought against former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld by two American citizens captured while working in Iraq. Judge Wa (More) |
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DOJ clears Bush administration lawyers of professional misconduct allegations
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has overruled the findings of a report released Friday concluding that two Bush administration lawyers committed professional misconduct when they wrote memos authorizing the use of certain interrogation techniq (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.
