The US Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommitee on the Constitution approved a proposed constitutional amendment, the Marriage Protection Amendment , in a 5-4 vote Wednesday. The amendment, which defines marriage as a union between a man and...

US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has proposed legislation that would block suspected foreign terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay from using US courts to challenge their detentions. The amendment to the 2006 defense appropriations bill...

UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke is taking the blame for a defeat Wednesday in the UK House of Commons of a key provision of the British government's proposed Terrorism Bill that would...

US Senate Democrats Wednesday launched their first concerted effort to challenge the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court by requesting information regarding a 2002 case he participated in involving mutual...

A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted two men on charges that they sought to smuggle three surface-to-air missiles into the US for use abroad. Chao Tung Wu and Yi Qing Chen were charged under a 2004 anti-terror law...

The US Department of Defense said Wednesday that it will not seek the death penalty in the cases of any of the five newly charged Guantanamo Bay detainees or the four previously charged, including David Hicks and...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday reaffirmed that the US meets international standards in its treatment of terror suspects, despite rising debate over the issue. Rice told an American Bar...

The European Commission on Wednesday granted Turkey the sought-after "functioning market economy" status in its bid to join the EU, but it warned the government that a stronger stance on torture and human rights...

In Wednesday's environmental law news, the US House of Representatives voted late Wednesday night to remove provisions from a budget bill that would have allowed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and offshore drilling...

Decree announcing a state of emergency in France and the application of the 1955 emergency laws, President Jacques Chirac, November 9, 2005. Read the full text of the decree and the 1955 laws (as amended) in French. Reported in JURIST's...