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JURIST Guest Columnist Leonard Cutler of Siena College says that President Obama did not keep his promise to make the country's counterterrorism policy more consistent with constitutional principles and international law, and that it remains to be seen whether his...

Lawyers for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Wednesday urged the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle to preserve two lawsuits over the warrantless surveillance of US citizens. EFF argued that...

US Attorney General Eric Holder invoked the state secrets privilege Monday to block evidence in a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over its investigation into Muslim mosques. The Department of...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday voted 5-4 to affirm the lower court in Stern v. Marshall , agreeing that the bankruptcy court did not have jurisdiction in this instance. The...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously reversed the lower court in Smith v. Bayer Corp. , allowing a class action lawsuit against the company to proceed. The Court held that...

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in General Dynamics Corp v. United States that when the court dismisses a valid prima facie affirmative defense to the government's breach of...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Minneci v. Pollard to decide whether to allow a cause of action against private contractors running a federal prison. The issue...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the consolidated cases of General Dynamics Corp. v. United States and The Boeing Company...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday ordered the US government to pay more than $2.5 million in damages and attorney's fees to an Islamic charity for...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday filed an appeal with the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling dismissing its suit over the CIA's extraordinary rendition program [JURIST...