US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) cannot serve concurrently as both a senator and a military judge because it violates the US Constitution's separation of powers requirement, the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ...
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Constitution bars senator from serving as military judge, court rules
Senate Judiciary Committee approves bill to speed FOIA compliance
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Detainee bill agreement [US Senate – White House]
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Federal judge says reporters to be jailed for refusing to testify in steroid leak case
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Indonesia execution of Catholic militants incites rioting
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Libby classified evidence ruling [US DC]
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Hong Kong gay sex ban ruling [HK CA]
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Senate deal with White House on detainee bill sidelines courts, Geneva Conventions
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CIA concern over interrogations prosecution prompted secret prisons shut-down: FT
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UN investigator says Iraq torture situation ‘completely out of hand’
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The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved the OPEN Government Act Thursday, a bill that would punish federal agencies that fail to respond to requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in...
Agreement upon Common Article 3, September 21, 2006 [military commissions legislation language agreed to by Senate GOP leaders and the White House that would make the President the arbiter of the meaning of the Geneva Conventions for the United States,...
Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters will be jailed if they continue to refuse to identify the person who leaked secret grand jury testimony from Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and other athletes, regarding an investigation into the now-defunct Bay Area...
Christian protestors in Indonesia burned cars, government buildings, a prison and Muslim-owned businesses Friday following the executions of three Roman Catholic men convicted in 2001 of leading a Christian militia which killed...
US v. Libby, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, September 21, 2006 [ruling that all evidence relevent to the CIA leak case against vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, including classified evidence, should be considered for admission,...
Roy v. Secretary for Justice, Hong Kong Court of Appeal, September 21, 2006 . Read...
Senior US Senate Republicans reached an agreement on military commissions legislation with the White House Thursday that would make the President the sole arbiter of the meaning of the Geneva Conventions for the United...
US Central Intelligence Agency officers concerned about being prosecuted for illegal interrogation tactics refused to carry out interrogations of terror suspects, contributing to pressure on the Bush administration to empty its secret...
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak said Thursday in Geneva that "the situation as far as torture is concerned in Iraq is now completely out of hand", and is so bad that "many people say that...
