The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Sorrell v. IMS Health to determine whether a state law prohibiting prescription drug manufacturers...

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday ordered a new sentencing hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal , a former member of the Black Panthers who was convicted and sentenced to...

A former Guantanamo Bay detainee announced Friday that he is suing members of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's regime over allegations that he was tortured by the government while in Egyptian custody. Mamdouh Habib, an Australian...

King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Wednesday announced plans for a series of constitutional reforms , which, if enacted, would result in more power being given to elected officials, as well as an independent judiciary. Under the plan, the...

The Kenyan government announced Wednesday that they will challenge the admissibility of cases relating to the 2007-2008 post-election violence in the International Criminal Court (ICC) , as well as the jurisdiction of the...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Snyder v. Phelps that First Amendment protections extend to protesters at military funerals. Reverend Fred Phelps and members of the...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that it will no longer defend the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) , which defines marriage for federal...

The appeals chamber of the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on Wednesday issued a unanimous ruling on several procedural issues, including the definition of terrorism, in judicial proceedings relating to the assassination...

Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli on Tuesday filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the US Supreme Court asking the court to rule on the constitutionality of the...

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed documents ratifying the New START treaty , an agreement between Russia and the US intended to reduce nuclear arms in both countries. Russian President...