A three-judge panel of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Friday that the Republican National Committee (RNC) cannot raise "soft money" to use in state elections. "Soft money" refers...
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The Obama administration on Friday defended the legality of its use of unmanned predator drone strikes . State Department Legal Adviser Harold Koh explained the administration's legal rationale in a speech to...
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday appointed retired Navy Vice Adm. Bruce MacDonald as the convening authority for military commissions . Considered an expert in military law, MacDonald's experience as...
US Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) would appeal a judge's order to release a Guantanamo Bay detainee suspected of involvement in the 9/11 World Trade Center...
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe agreed at belated International Women's Day Celebrations on Friday that gay rights should not be constitutionally protected . While...
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday adopted a resolution condemning Myanmar for rights violations and urging the ruling junta to conduct fair and free elections. The UNHRC also extended the mandate...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Thursday sentenced a computer hacker to 20 years in prison for his role in the one of the largest identity theft...
Dick Anthony Heller, et al. v. District of Columbia, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, March 26, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper...
SpeechNow.org, et al. v. Federal Election Commission, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, March 26, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest...
The Indonesian Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to a controversial anti-pornography law. The law was purportedly designed to protect younger generations from pornographic and lewd materials....
