US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito said Thursday that during his 15 years as a federal court judge, he never knowingly ruled on a case in which he had an obligation to recuse...
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Alito denies any wrongdoing in hearing 2002 mutual fund case
Italian prosecutor files extradition request for 22 CIA operatives
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UN appeals panel orders reinstatement of terminated oil-for-food employee
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Rove denounces judicial activism, praises Supreme Court nominees
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Graham amendment on detainee judicial review [US Senate]
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Senate passes amendment to block Gitmo prisoners from court challenges
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Supreme Court justices debate merits of courtroom cameras
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Ethiopia releases 2,400 election protestors from prison
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DOJ pushes tougher anti-piracy legislation
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Pentagon says Rumsfeld can override new detainee interrogation directive
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The Italian prosecutor's office in Milan has asked for 22 CIA operatives to be extradited to Italy to face charges for the alleged kidnapping of Egyptian cleric Abu Omar in 2003, according to an Italian prosecutor...
The UN Joint Disciplinary Committee has concluded that the only employee fired during the UN oil-for-food scandal did not violate staff rules and should be reinstated, according to the ruling obtained by the Associated Press Thursday....
Senior White House advisor Karl Rove spoke at the annual meeting of the Federalist Society Thursday to commend President Bush's conservative nominees to the US Supreme Court and denounce judicial activism. This was Rove's first...
Text of Senate Amendment 2516 to S. 1042 (the 2006 defense appropriations bill), US Senate, November 10, 2005 [blocking Guantanamo Bay detainees from challenging their imprisonment in US federal courts, save for claims may brought in the DC Circuit to...
The US Senate voted 49-42 late Thursday to block Guantanamo Bay detainees from challenging their imprisonment in US federal courts. The legislation, proposed by GOP Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) , conflicts...
US Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor , Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer Thursday briefly debated the possibility of media cameras in the chambers of the US Supreme Court during an ABA...
The Ethiopian government on Thursday released 2,417 prisoners held without charge in connection with a violent confrontation with police that left 42 people dead last week. The riot occured during a protest against alleged ballot fraud said to have...
The US Department of Justice has submitted a body of proposed laws to Congress that would strengthen federal intellectual property enforcement, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced Thursday during remarks at an anti-piracy meeting in...
A Pentagon spokesperson has said that US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is authorized to override the new Department of Defense Directive released Tuesday requiring all interrogations of detainees to be conducted in...
