The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant an injunction, and denied a petition for writ of certiorari in Michigan v. US Army Corp. of Engineers . Five states petitioned the court...
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The Virginia Senate on Monday approved a bill requiring identification from those trying to vote in elections. The bill passed 21-20 after an initial 20-20 deadlock that was broken by Lt. Governor Bill...
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that use of a parliamentary subcommittee to fast-track decisions related to eurozone bailouts is unconstitutional, and that such decisions require full oversight of the...
Iran executed twice as many people in 2011 as it did in the previous year, Amnesty International (AI) reported Tuesday. The report, entitled "'We Are Ordered to Crush You': Expanding Repression of Dissent in Iran,"...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has decided to transfer the case of Fulgence Kayishema to the Rwandan authorities. The three-panel Referral Chamber ordered the transfer so that Rwandan authorities can refer...
The Bangkok Criminal Court on Tuesday convicted a leader of the royalist People's Alliance for Democracy Network , known as "yellow shirts," of corporate fraud. Yellow shirt movement founder and Thai media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul was sentenced to...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Monday. In Elgin v. Department of Treasury , the court heard arguments on whether federal district courts have jurisdiction over constitutional...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay , in a speech to the UN Human Rights Council during an emergency session on Tuesday, called for an immediate end to the violence in Syria. Pillay...
The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) announced Monday that it arrested six Serbian officials in Kosovo on Saturday, under allegations that they were "suspected of exerting undue pressure ...
Over 80 percent of voters in Syria have voted to approve the new Syrian constitution , officials said Monday. The proposed constitution will impose term limits on the president as well as provide for a multi-party...
