State of California v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, January 2, 2008 [challenging the agency's decision to deny the state's request for a waiver that would have allowed it and 16...

Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007, signed by President George W. Bush, December 31, 2007 [legislation intended to pressure Sudan to stop the violence in Darfur by allowing US states and local governments to sever investment links to Sudan...

Stanley Boim et al. v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit [overturning a $156 million verdict awarded in 2004 by a federal jury to the family of a...

Statement by David Hicks, December 29, 2008 . Read the full text of the statement. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Indian police Saturday arrested two men allegedly belonging to the Bangladesh-based Harkatul Jihad Al-Islami militant group who they say were "part of a close network that provided local support to the terrorists" responsible for bomb blasts at...

The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that employers can ban union-related e-mails as part of a general policy against solicitations from outside organizations while still allowing employees to relay personal messages. In a decision made...

A CIA spokesman insisted Saturday that the agency cooperated with the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9/11 Commission) in its requests for information and materials concerning the interrogation of...

The Election Commission of Pakistan has refused to consider an appeal by former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif against an earlier ruling declaring him ineligible to run in January 8 parliamentary elections ,...

Pakistani police used batons and tear gas Monday against protesters attempting to march to the Islamabad residence of ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry , still under virtual house arrest despite the December 15 lifting of...

Republican senators Friday blocked US Senate agreement to provisions in a House of Representatives intelligence funding bill passed Thursday limiting CIA interrogation methods by invoking a Senate rule against the late insertion of new language in legislation....