US Chief Justice John Roberts called failure to raise the pay of federal judges a "constitutional crisis" in his 2006 year-end report on the federal judiciary , released Monday. Making that the...
Germany took over the six-month rotating European Union presidency with the New Year on Monday, promising to put the stymied European constitution back on the regional bloc's agenda. In a statement posted...
The unruly nature of the weekend hanging of Saddam Hussein as especially revealed by a grainy but graphic camera phone video taken at the scene prompted protest and disavowal Monday as Sunnis condemned the treatment...
Australia's new independent military prosecutor has called the treatment of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks "abominable" in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald. Brigadier Lyn McDade told the Herald, "Quite frankly, I think...
A slew of new US state laws will greet the New Year when they take effect on January 1. The state minimum wage will increase in Arizona , California ,...
The California state correctional facility in Chino was under lockdown Sunday after prison authorities put down a major race riot that broke out Saturday morning reportedly setting blacks and Hispanic inmates against each other in one of...
Apple Computer, Inc. Friday disclosed the findings of an internal report into alleged stock option manipulation by senior managers, including CEO Steve Jobs, purporting to clear its executives of any wrong-doing and concluding that Jobs did not...
Less than 24 hours after his execution , the body of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was buried in his home village of Ouja near Tikrit just before dawn local time...
An unofficial and grainy video of the entire execution of Saddam Hussein , including his actual hanging, was posted on the Web late Saturday. The official video, broadcast ...
Madison v. US, US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, December 29, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....