Witness statements on the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, US Senate Judiciary Committee, January 12-13, 2006 [including statements from the American Bar Association, fellow Third Circuit judges,...
Iran on Friday threatened to block inspections of its nuclear facilities if the UN Security Council confronts it over its nuclear activities. Iran has been voluntarily allowing short-notice International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ...
US District Judge Sim Lake ruled Thursday that prosecutors in the trials of Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling cannot use recorded audio tapes of Enron employees...
US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein on Thursday dismissed the final remaining property damage claim against New York City stemming from the Sept. 11 attacks . Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Ltd. and five other insurers for...
Transcript of Day 4 of confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito, Jr., nominated to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, US Senate Judiciary Committee, January 12, 2006. Read the full text transcript as provided...
Legal authorities regarding warrantless surveillance of US persons, memo from Jeffrey H. Smith, former General Counsel of the CIA and a former General Counsel of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, to the Members of the US House Permanent Select...
In the second day of pre-trial hearings for Canadian teenager Omar Khadr before a Guantanamo Bay military commission Thursday, presiding officer Col. Robert Chester said that Khadr's civilian lawyers could begin "making preliminary inquiries"...
Seven federal appellate judges who have worked with US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday on the fourth day of his confirmation hearings, saying that...
Croatia plans to ask the government of Australia to extradite former Serb commander Captain Dragan Vasiljkovic , charged with war crimes committed during Croatias 1991-1995 independence war. Croatia accuses Vasiljkovic of torturing...
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday dismissed a free speech suit by Yahoo! Inc. challenging a $15 million fine imposed on the company five years ago by a French court for...