Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, Feb. 2.President Bush will deliver his 2005 State of the Union address tonight at 9 PM ET, followed by a...

Videotapes show Guantanamo Bay military prison riot squads subduing some detainees by punching them, tying one to a gurney and forcing them to strip from the waist down, according to a report by investigators from the...

Following up on a story reported earlier today on JURIST's Paper Chase, Senate Democrats said Tuesday they will not try to filibuster the nomination of Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, although they...

Following up a story reported earlier today on JURIST's Paper Chase, the US State Department has welcomed the release of the UN report on the violence in Sudan , although it has maintained its...

Slovenia's National Assembly ratified the European Constitution Tuesday with an overwhelming 79-4 vote in favor, making it the third country to do so following Lithuania and Hungary . The constitution requires...

Israel's attorney general said Tuesday that he had previously been unaware of the government's secret seizure of Palestinian property in East Jerusalem under a 1950 land law. Attorney General Meni Manuz called the plan illegal and ordered...

The British government has released an Egyptian man it had held since December 2001 without trial or charges, the Home Office reported Tuesday. The man, identified only as "C," was released from prison Monday because there was...

White House spokesman Scott McClellan Tuesday denied reports that Secretary of Homeland Security nominee Michael Chertoff , a former Justice Department official, advised the CIA on the use of certain torture techniques on terror suspects. McClellan said Chertoff...

Members of Sudan's National Assembly unanimously approved a peace deal with Darfur rebels Tuesday, designed to end more than two decades of conflict between Khartoum and the southern region of the country. The deal was reached earlier...

The full US Senate Tuesday began debate on the nomination of White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales for attorney general, with a vote expected to be held Thursday. Gonzales' nomination was narrowly approved...