A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Thursday blocked the enactment of the Stop Insider Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK Act) . Judge Alexander Williams, Jr....

The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the amended Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) , which now includes gays and lesbians, is not retroactive in its effect. The WLAD was amended in 2006 to protect...

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania heard oral arguments on Thursday to determine whether Pennsylvania's voter ID law is constitutional. On its first day in session, the high court heard oral arguments to...

An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Nazif to three years in prison after finding him guilty of corruption charges. Nazif was accused of embezzling $10.5 million while in office. This most recent conviction will...

An independent expert on Wednesday urged the UN to become a more "equitable" and "democratic" body in its relationship with individual nations and its application of international law. Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council , the recently...

The US House of Representatives on Wedneday voted to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act of 2008 (FISA) , a highly contested law designed as a national security protection against terrorism and other foreign threats....

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday refused to reconsider a decision to deny a posthumous appeal to restore the citizenship of convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk . Demjanjuk,...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday told a special session of the Human Rights Council that 16 nations have failed to prevent members of their own governments from intimidating and...

The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday held a hearing to discuss the Chinese government's practice of harvesting organs from executed inmates. The hearing included testimony by three witnesses supporting allegations that the government...

The trial chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ruled Thursday that the sister-in-law of former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot is not mentally competent to stand trial, ordering...