A three-judge panel of the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) violated s. 2511 of US Code Title 18 by disclosing an illegally obtained...
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Leading Tuesday's environmental law news, Judge Saundra Armstrong of the US District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that the US Bureau of Reclamation must leave more water in the Klamath River...
Most of the eight US Supreme Court justices hearing oral arguments Tuesday in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld appeared skeptical of the Bush administration's contention that special military tribunals established by the President [Military...
A delegation of Algerian officials made the country's first visit to the US military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in mid-March to evaluate the conditions of 26 Algerian citizens being held there, according to a report...
A federal judge Tuesday dismissed three counts against former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and one count against company founder Kenneth Lay , shortly after the prosecution rested in the...
Transit workers, postal staff, teachers and media employees went on strike and more than a million people demonstrated across France Tuesday as part of escalating protests against the First Employment Contract (CPE) [FAQ, in French; official...
The Mississippi Legislature failed to reach a compromise on an abortion ban bill before a Monday night deadline, preventing it from becoming law during the current legislative session. The proposed bill would have prohibited most abortions...
The Chinese Ministry of Health announced Tuesday that it will ban the sale of human organs in an effort to stem a rising black market trade for organs of executed prisoners. The Ministry...
US House International Relations Committee chairman Rep. Henry Hyde indicated Monday that he would support a revised version of the UN Reform Act in an attempt to gain Senate support for the legislation. Hyde...
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) on Monday asked the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals to declassify a district judge's ruling on possible warrantless wiretaps used by the government in a high-profile terrorism...
