John Doe, Inc., John Doe, American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, v. Michael B. Mukasey, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, December 15, 2008 [ruling that the nondisclosure requirements contained in national security...

US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced Monday that confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee Eric Holder will be delayed one week, after Republicans objected that...

The Illinois House of Representatives voted 113-0 Monday to begin an inquiry into whether Governor Rod Blagojevich should be impeached. House Speaker Michael Madigan appointed a committee that will begin its investigation Tuesday,...

The Malaysian government on Monday introduced a bill that would set up a committee to discipline judges who violate the country's judicial ethics code. The Judges' Ethics Committee Bill 2008 was tabled Monday by the...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari, vacated, and remanded the case of Rasul v. Myers for further consideration in light of the Court's June decision...

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday in Altria Group v. Good that the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act does not bar state lawsuits based...

Former US Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyer Thomas Tamm told Newsweek in an article published Sunday that he blew the whistle on the Bush administration's controversial warrantless domestic surveillance program because "it didn't smell...

Russian authorities on Sunday arrested former chess champion and Russian opposition political activist Garry Kasparov and others as they met to form a new political opposition group. Kasparaov's new...

UK financial firm Bramdean Alternatives Limited raised concerns Saturday about the US financial regulatory process in the wake of Thursday's arrest of former NASDAQ chairman Bernard Madoff for a $50 billion fraud scheme...

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sunday denied entry to and deported the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights on Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk . Falk was attempting to enter...