The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered re-argument in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on whether Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce and McConnell v. Federal Election Commission...
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Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison on securities fraud charges stemming from his multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme. Madoff, 71, appeared before Judge Denny Chin of the...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 in Cuomo v. Clearing House Association that the National Bank Act (NBA) and 12...
The US Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court ruling dismissing racial discrimination challenges to the promotion criteria used by the fire department of New Haven, CT. The Court ruled 5-4...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in six cases. In Abbott v. Abbott , the Court will consider whether a ne exeat clause, which prohibits one...
The US Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has cautioned that Guantanamo Bay detainees tried by military commission in the US have some constitutional protections , the Wall Street Journal ...
Civil Partnership Bill 2009, Ireland Department of Justice, June 28, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here....
The Department of Justice in Ireland published a Civil Partnership Bill on Sunday, extending certain rights to same-sex couples. The bill legally recognizes cohabiting but unmarried couples while stopping short of granting such...
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was detained and escorted from the presidential home by members of the Honduran military and transported to the airport in the early hours of Sunday morning, the scheduled day for a nationwide referendum...
The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a climate bill that focuses on clean energy. In his weekly address Friday evening, US President Barack Obama praised the bill's passage...
