The Philippine Congress voted Monday to impeach Chief Justice Renato Corona for violating the constitution and the public trust in connection with the trial of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ,...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an investigation into allegations of fraud in the recent parliamentary elections. Medvedev posted a message to his Facebook page Sunday following massive protests...
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Judulang v. Holder that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) policy for deciding when resident aliens may apply to the Attorney General...
Delegates from 194 countries at the Durban UN Climate Change Conference in South Africa agreed on Sunday to negotiate global initiatives that would eventually force countries to take legally-binding action in order to slow the pace of...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari order list, PDF] Monday in Arizona v. United States to determine whether Arizona's controversial immigration law is preempted by federal law....
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was extradited from France to Panama Sunday to face charges of human rights violations for crimes allegedly committed during his 1981-1989 rule. He was already convicted on three...
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Thursday introduced a constitutional amendment that would exclude a corporation's First Amendment rights to spend money on political campaigns. Named the Saving American Democracy Amendment the proposal would make...
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced Friday that he would work with House Speaker Mike Hubbard and Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh to make Alabama's new immigration law more effective....
A Ukrainian court on Thursday ordered the indefinite arrest of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko despite the chance that her current seven-year sentence may still be overturned, drawing international criticism. Because Tymoshenko...
The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to rule on three Texas redistricting plans. The emergency appeal challenges an interim map drawn up by the US District Court for the Western District of Texas while...