President Bush Thursday reinstated fair wage laws, suspended after Hurricane Katrina , which mandate that employers awarded government contracts must pay local prevailing wages to workers. Last week, after a pro-labor Republican caucus met with...
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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Thursday denied a petition for a new hearing brought by four journalists who were held in contempt of court for refusing to reveal...
A Missouri circuit court judge ruled Thursday that the state's child abuse registry is unconstitutional because it does not allow alleged abusers a due-process hearing before being placed on the list. The registry is not available to the general...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday to strike down a California law making it a criminal offense for individuals to knowingly make false accusations against police officers. The law, which...
An Act to Protect Private Property Rights, passed in the US House of Representatives, November 3, 2005 [bill that would strip state and local governments of federal funding if they use eminent domain to transfer privately owned land to commercial...
Probation and Parole in 2004, United States Department of Justice, November 3, 2005 ....
Second and Third Periodic Report of the United States of America to the UN Committee on Human Rights Concerning the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, US Department of State, submitted October 21, 2005 [reporting on US compliance with...
Anti-Terrorism Bill 2005, introduced in the Australian House of Representatives by Attorney-General Philip Ruddock, November 3, 2005 . Read the full text...
In a 376-38 vote late Thursday, the US House of Representatives approved a bill that would strip state and local governments of federal funding if they use eminent domain to transfer privately owned land to...
The US State Department Thursday posted online a report submitted to the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva last month in which the US argued for indefinitely detaining suspected combatants in the war...
