The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) revealed Tuesday that it received documents confirming that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used a "Mosque Outreach" program to gather intelligence on Muslim-American citizens ....
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FBI targeted California mosques to gather intelligence: ACLU
Supreme Court rules against retroactive application of immigration travel law
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Supreme Court rules on federal court sentencing authority
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Supreme Court rules on government liability for emotional damages
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Wisconsin voter ID lawsuits head to state high court
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Uganda opposition leader pleads not guilty to unlawful assembly charges
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Arizona Senate votes to ban abortions after 20 weeks
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Obama administration seeks expedited review of Defense of Marriage Act
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Poland ex-intelligence head faces charges for involvement in secret CIA prison
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Georgia Senate approves measure criminalizing assisted suicide
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The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Vartelas v. Holder that the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) , a law designed to deny re-entry to immigrants who have committed...
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Setser v. United States on whether a federal district court, in sentencing a defendant for a federal offense, has authority to order that the federal...
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Wednesday in Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper that the phrase "actual damages" as found in the Privacy Act of 1974 is sufficiently ambiguous...
Two lawsuits challenging Wisconsin's voter ID law are heading to the Wisconsin Supreme Court after two appellate courts sent them to the state's high court on Wednesday. In the two...
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of unlawful assembly stemming from an incident at a protest last week. Besigye and other protesters were arrested last week after a...
The Arizona State Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that bans abortions after 20 weeks into a pregnancy, with an exception carved out only for medical emergencies. In addition to banning...
The Obama administration on Monday petitioned the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for an expedited en banc review of two test cases on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)...
The former head of the Polish Intelligence Agency may face charges for his assistance of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in operating a secret prison in Poland. Zbigniew Siemiatkowski told a Polish newspaper...
The Georgia Senate approved legislation on Tuesday that would make it a felony to assist in another person's suicide. HB 1114 was approved after the Georgia Supreme Court in early February struck down a...
