The Defense Department said Tuesday that Combatant Status Review Tribunals for all Guantanamo Bay detainees have been completed. Navy Secretary Gordon England , who has overseen the CSRT process, announced that 38 of...
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In an order issued just after midnight Wednesday morning, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit agreed to consider Bob and Mary Schindler's request for a new hearing en banc on whether a feeding tube...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, March 30.The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in one case today, beginning at 10 AM ET. In Wilkinson v....
Second Interim Report, Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme , March 29, 2005 . Read the full text of the report...
Attorney Johnnie Cochran died Tuesday at the age of 67 from a brain tumor. Cochran was known for his colorful personality, as well as for his skill as a courtroom orator. Cochran was best known for successfully...
City of Sherrill, New York v. Oneida Nation of New York, Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Ginsburg, March 29, 2005 [ruling that the tribe could not regain sovereignty over lands in central New York by purchasing them on...
Jackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Ed., Supreme Court of the United States, Justice O'Connor, March 29, 2005 . Excerpt:The regulations implementing Title IX clearly prohibit...
Following up on a JURIST report from earlier today, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has ruled out resigning after a new interim report by the Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN Oil-for-Food Program faulted him but cleared him...
More than three dozen Pakistanis transferred to their home country from detention at Guantanamo Bay remain imprisoned, most without charge, Pakistani government officials have said. The prisoners include 32 transferred by the US in September 2004 and another seven...
Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor have appealed death sentences they received in Libya for infecting hundreds of children with HIV. The appeals court hearing the case said it would rule on May 31. The...
