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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday unanimously rejected a lawsuit brought against Vice-President Dick Cheney for refusing to disclose internal communications of the National Energy Policy Development Group ,...

Iraqi politicians again delayed naming a government on Monday, prolonging a three-month political vacuum in the country. Jawad al-Maliki, a top member of the main Shiite alliance that won January's elections, said wrangling over appointments to key ministries had...

Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday that, if necessary, he would cast the tie-breaking vote to ban Senate filibusters of judicial nominees. Speaking to the Republican National Lawyers Association , Cheney declared that "the decision about...

According to military and Bush administration officials, the US Department of Defense is considering substantial changes to the tribunal process at Guantanamo Bay for foreign terror suspects. The changes, designed in response to widespread criticism...

Defense contractor Halliburton Inc. may have overcharged the federal government by more than $100 million, according to an audit conducted by the Defense Contract Audit Agency and released Monday by Rep. Henry Waxman...

The US Senate has voted 60-36 to confirm White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales as US Attorney General, succeeding John Ashcroft. He will be the first Hispanic to hold the office.5:17 PM ET - AP now has more.7:28 PM ET...

World leaders and Holocaust survivors gathered in Poland Thursday to mark the 60 year anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis' Auschwitz death camp . The heads of state of both Israel and Germany will join those of...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is hearing arguments today in the legal fight over access to Vice President Dick Cheney's records from his 2001 energy task force . The...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, Jan. 20.The 55th Presidential Inaugural Ceremony will be held today, beginning at 11:30 AM ET as Vice President Dick Cheney takes...

Following up on a report this morning in JURIST's Paper Chase, Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate have halted Congress' formal certification of the electoral college results and have forced a two-hour debate on problems encountered in the...