Federal charges were formally filed on Sunday against Jared Loughner, the man is accused of shooting to death Chief Judge John Roll of the US District Court for the District of Arizona ...
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A coalition of six rights groups filed a petition in the US District Court of Arizona on Friday seeking to block to additional elements of the Arizona's recently passed immigration reform bill SB 1070 [text;...
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a decision on Friday ruling against banks in two foreclosure cases that could have important implications on similar cases both inside and outside of the state. In the consolidated...
President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill barring the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to the US for trial. The Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 authorizes funding for defense interests abroad, military...
Chief Judge John M. Roll of the US District Court for the District of Arizona was shot and killed when a gunman opened fire at a public constituent event held outside of a shopping center...
US Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Wednesday introduced legislation designed to restrict the automatic grant of citizenship to children born on US soil. The bill, designated the "Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011," seeks to...
A federal judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday sentenced Paul Magliocchetti, founder of the now-defunct political lobbying firm PMA Group, to 27 months imprisonment for his involvement...
A federal judge on Friday indefinitely postponed the trial of Allen Stanford , citing chemical dependency that has left Stanford incompetent to stand trial at present. Judge David Hittner of the US District Court for...
The Illinois House passed a bill abolishing the death penalty Thursday, but the bill must still be passed by the Senate with the General Assembly facing a lame-duck session. The amended bill (SB3539) [amendment,...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Thursday that Guantanamo Bay detainee Farhi Saeed Bin Mohammed was transfered to his native Algeria pursuant to a court order from November 2009....
