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Ashcroft v. Iqbal: Different Spanks for Different Ranks?
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that the US Supreme Court's ruling in Ashcroft v. Iqbal suggests that the Court may be trying to set up a system wherein lower level officials can be held crimi (More) |
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Lawyers who authored interrogation memos should be disbarred: coalition
A coalition of progressive organizations Monday filed disciplinary complaints with five state bar associations seeking the disbarment of 12 former US government officials associated with the legal rationales behind the Bush administration's use (More) |
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Supreme Court remands Ashcroft immunity case
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday ruled 5-4 in Ashcroft v. Iqbal that a complaint filed against former US Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller and other officials by a terrorism suspect (More) |
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Ashcroft immunity ruling [US SC]
Ashcroft, et al. v Iqbal, et al., US Supreme Court, May 18, 2009 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Supreme Court rules against retroactive application of pregnancy discrimination law
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] Monday ruled 7-2 in AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that companies do not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) by failing to award employees (More) |
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Rice, Waterboarding and Accountability
JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's latest statements on waterboarding indicate her complicity in unlawful interrogation, and that she and others i (More) |
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Abu Ghraib guards to appeal convictions after release of interrogation memos
Lawyers for former Abu Ghraib guards said the guards intend to appeal their convictions of torture and abuse in light of the recent release of four secret CIA interrogation memos , according to a Friday report in the Washington Post. The lawyers s (More) |
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House Democrats urge AG to name special counsel to probe Bush interrogation policies
Members of the US House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to appoint a special counsel to investigate allegations of torture against Bush administration officials. The letter, which was signed (More) |
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Senate judiciary chair Leahy again calls for 'truth commission' to review Bush policies
Chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official profile; JURIST news archive] reiterated his calls for a non-partisan truth commission to investigate Bush administration officials responsible for authorizing certain int (More) |
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Holder denies interrogation memos release was selective
US Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday testified in front of a House Appropriations subcommittee that he is willing to release as much information as possible in regards to interrogation techniques used on Guantanamo Bay detainees. Holder s (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.
