The White House has defended President Bush's attachment of a signing statement to the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act , dismissing arguments that the statement changes administration policy on when mail can be opened...
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President Bush told reporters at the White House Thursday that last weekend's videoed hanging of Saddam Hussein amidst taunts from guards and witnesses fell short of what he would have liked, but nonetheless insisted on the legitimacy of the...
Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita, US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, January 4, 2007 . Read the full text of the ruling . Reported...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday upheld an Indiana law requiring voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot. In its ruling, the court upheld a lower...
Government officials in Myanmar have granted amnesty to nearly three thousand prisoners, releasing them early in celebration of the country's Independence Day Thursday. Some 20 political prisoners were among the 2,831 released because their...
White House legal counsel Harriet Miers resigned from her post Thursday effective January 31. Press Secretary Tony Snow gave no specific reason for her departure except to say that she has been working at...
A Chilean appeals court has dropped tax evasion charges against the widow and two children of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet . In a decision Wednesday, the Santiago Court of Appeals ...
The government of France has said that it will recognize a citizen's legal right to housing . In a statement Wednesday, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin [official website, in French; JURIST news...
Number 29/c/2006, Iraqi High Tribunal, December 26, 2006, as translated into English and made available January 3, 2007. Read the full text of the judgment translated into English via Grotian Moment, the Saddam Hussein trial blog at Case Western Law...
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted criminal background checks of adverse witnesses ahead of US Senate confirmation hearings for the late William Rehnquist in respect of his nominations as Associate Justice of...
