Amnesty International Secretary-General Irene Khan condemned the United States and other "Western democratic states" Wednesday for what she characterized as attempts "to roll back some fundamental principles of human rights" in their efforts to fight terrorism. Khan's...
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Allen St. Pierre : " is troubling on a few different levels. One, from a lay person's point of view, it appears that the court has...
Cherokee Nation votes to strip tribal citizenship from ex-slaves' descendants
Members of the Cherokee Nation voted Saturday to adopt an amendment to the tribe's constitution , limiting membership in the Cherokee Nation and stripping approximately 2,800 descendants of former Cherokee slaves of tribal membership....
Senate Judiciary leaders introduce bill to restore habeas rights for detainees
US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) , outgoing chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee , and current ranking member of the committee Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) have introduced a bill which would restore...
Senate passes military commissions bill after rejecting habeas amendment
The US Senate approved its version of the military commissions bill in a 65-34 vote late Thursday after narrowly rejecting several amendments, including one sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee chairman...
The US House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday 228-196 that would require voters to present valid photo ID cards when they head to the polls to vote in federal...
Abigail Salisbury : "I went to spend my summer working in Prishtina, the capital city of Kosovo, because I thought that there I would gain some valuable experience which would be relevant to...
House votes to strip federal judges of jurisdiction over Pledge cases
The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to block federal judges from ruling on the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance , which contains the controversial phrase "under God." The...
A proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit physical desecration of the American flag failed by one vote late Tuesday to get the two-thirds Senate approval necessary to send it on to the states for ratification....
Bush pushes constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage ahead of Senate vote
In his weekly radio address Saturday, President George W. Bush voiced his support for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage which is scheduled for a vote in the US Senate in the coming...
