The US Supreme Court on Tuesday night released an order allowing the sale of Chrysler Group assets to Italian automaker Fiat to proceed. The two-page opinion vacates a temporary stay issued...
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The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled Tuesday that a Massachusetts regulation prohibiting prisoners from receiving sexually explicit mail is constitutional. The petitioners challenged the portions of 103 CMR § 481.15 [text,...
The US-led Multi-National Force (MNF) in Iraq said Tuesday that it is still holding 11,057 Iraqi prisoners in three separate camps throughout the country. The prisoners currently held in the three US camps, Camp Taji,...
Opuz v. Turkey, European Court of Human Rights, June 9, 2009 . Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's...
Resolution Impeaching Samuel B. Kent, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, for high crimes and misdemeanors, US House of Representatives, June 9, 2009 [charging that Kent had "engaged in conduct ... incompatible with...
Indiana State Police Pension Trust, et al. v. Chrysler LLC, et al., US Supreme Court, June 9, 2009 [vacating a temporary stay issued by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the grounds that the petitioners did not meet their burden of...
Josselyn, et al. v. Tyree, et al., US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, June 9, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Josselyn v...
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday condemned the violence perpetrated against civilians in Mogadishu, Somalia, during an uptick in fighting between government and militia forces over the weekend, as...
Confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will begin on July 13, as announced Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy . The committee released a schedule [fact sheet,...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution on Tuesday heard testimony regarding the "legal, moral and national security impact" of long-term, indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects. Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Patrick...
