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The US Senate voted against limiting debate on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill for a second time Thursday, leaving doubt that the bill will be revisited in the fall or even next year. The...

Lawmakers in Connecticut's House of Representatives have introduced a health care reform bill aimed at providing coverage to the state's uninsured. The initiative introduced Tuesday positions Connecticut within the growing ranks of states that have recently...

President Bush pressed for comprehensive immigration reform in his State of Union address Tuesday night, urging US lawmakers to take action to secure US borders, enhance interior and worksite enforcement of immigration laws, create...

JURIST Contributing Editor Peter Shane of Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, says that Democrats taking over Congress in the wake of the mid-term elections should begin by reasserting constitutional checks and balances in a wide range of critical...

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday designed to alleviate crowded conditions in California's Los Angeles County jail system . The order from US District Judge Dean D. Pregerson came in response to...

A federal watchdog charged with overseeing California prison reform has released a report saying that an abrupt reversal in policy by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) prompted two secretaries of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...

The US Senate on Thursday approved two controversial amendments to the immigration reform bill on the status of English in the United States. The first amendment, proposed by Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) ...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia should undertake a series of reforms at its Scheveningen detention unit including reviewing arrangements to implement administrative court orders, separating detainees currently on trial or awaiting trial...

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signed a ground-breaking healthcare bill into law Wednesday, under which almost all residents, including the state's 550,000 uninsured, are required to obtain healthcare coverage. Romney also used his...

Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a sweeping health care plan that would require all residents to have health coverage or face penalties. Massachusetts is the first state to approve a health insurance reform [IssueSource...