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AP is reporting that Terri Schiavo's parents have now filed arguments in their appeal of this morning's federal district court denial of their second emergency request to reconnect their daughter's feeding tube. In court papers they have...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, March 21.The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases today beginning at 10 AM ET. In the first...

The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would block the withholding of food and water from patients in a persistent vegetative state when the patient did not leave specific instructions refusing artificial...

Protesters in Kenya Wednesday demanded a limit to the president's powers as parliament prepared for debate on a new constitution. The protests came after Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki appeared to hold back from endorsing a draft that...

Lakeland, Florida's Second District Court of Appeal Wednesday refused to block the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, which is currently scheduled to be removed Friday afternoon. The court denied a request by Schiavo's...

Federal lawmakers from Florida have introduced legislation that would allow federal courts to hear habeas petitions involving an incapacitated person whose life support is expected to be removed, allowing the parents of Terri Schiavo to challenge state court rulings...

Wilkinson v. Dotson, Supreme Court of the United States, March 7, 2005 [holding that prisoners asserting violations of their due process rights under federal civil rights laws are not required to bring a petition of habeas corpus questioning the validity...

The US Supreme Court ruled in three cases Monday. In Shepard v. US , the court in a 5-3 opinion by Justice Souter held that in making sentencing determinations, judges are confined to information...

Britain's Joint Committee on Human Rights warned Friday that the proposed Prevention of Terrorism Bill , even with an amendment allowing only judges to impose house arrest on terror suspects, does not...

Lawyers for former investment banker Frank Quattrone said Wednesday that Quattrone is appealing his permanent ban from the securities industry . Last November, the National Association of Securities Dealers permanently barred Quattrone from working in the...