The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Salazar v. Buono that the lower courts were wrong to ban government from transferring public land containing a religious...
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Supreme Court rules on religious display on public land
UN Security Council urges international maritime piracy tribunal
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Canada parliament can demand uncensored detainee documents from government
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France judge orders Noriega to remain in custody pending trial
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France judge orders Noriega to remain in custody pending trial
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Supreme Court hears arguments on genetically modified crop injunction
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Lawyers for Congo rebel leader Bemba argue legality of charges
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Lawyers for Congo rebel leader Bemba argue legality of charges
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Oklahoma legislature overrides veto of anti-abortion bills
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The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved Resolution 1918 , calling on member states to criminalize piracy under their domestic laws and urging Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to consider an international tribunal for prosecuting piracy. In...
Canadian House of Commons Speaker Peter Milliken ruled Tuesday that members of Parliament have the right to seek uncensored Afghan detainee documents from the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper . The historic ruling...
A French judge ruled Tuesday that former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega must remain in custody until his trial on money laundering charges. Noriega arrived in France Tuesday morning after being extradited [JURIST...
A French judge ruled Tuesday that former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega must remain in custody until his trial on money laundering charges. Noriega arrived in France Tuesday morning after being extradited ...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Monsanto Company v. Geertson Seed Farms on what conditions must be met to obtain...
Defense lawyers for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba argued before the International Criminal Court (ICC) Tuesday that charges against their client should be dropped. His lawyers argued...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Monsanto Company v. Geertson Seed Farms on what conditions must be met to obtain...
Defense lawyers for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba argued before the International Criminal Court (ICC) Tuesday that charges against their client should be dropped. His lawyers argued...
The Oklahoma State Senate on Tuesday voted 36-12 to override Governor Brad Henry's veto of two anti-abortion bills that will now immediately become law. The first bill would prevent "wrongful life" lawsuits in...
