The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder , the court heard arguments on whether a person...
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Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P.A. v. Allstate Insurance Co., US Supreme Court, March 31, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
Padilla v. Kentucky, US Supreme Court, March 31, 2010 [ruling that the Sixth Amendment guarantee of effective assistance of counsel requires a criminal defense lawyer to advise a non-citizen client that pleading guilty to an aggravated felony will trigger mandatory,...
Executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Yvo de Boer said Wednesday that it is unlikely a new climate change treaty will be concluded until 2011. After the Copenhagen summit (COP15) in December...
A Belgian parliamentary committee voted unanimously Wednesday to ban the Islamic burqa and other "full veils" from being worn in public. The proposed legislation applies to areas "accessible to the public" or areas...
An Indian court on Wednesday heard final arguments in the trial of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab , accused of participating in the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks , bringing the yearlong proceedings to a close....
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday granted the request of chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo to investigate the deadly violence perpetrated after the 2007 Kenyan presidential election . Earlier this month,...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 7-2 in Padilla v. Kentucky that the Sixth Amendment guarantee of effective assistance of counsel requires a criminal defense...
The Serbian Parliament adopted a declaration early Wednesday morning condemning the 1995 Srebrenica massacre , in which 8,000 Muslims were killed. After a day-long debate, "The Declaration of the National Assembly of the...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 5-4 in Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates v. Allstate Insurance Co. that a state legislature cannot prohibit the federal courts from...
