Emergency legislation allowing federal courts in New Orleans to relocate operations in the wake of Hurricane Katrina was signed by President Bush Thursday. Faced with a halt in judicial work at courthouses in the...

Hundreds of human rights supporters protested Thursday in European and North American cities over a proposal in the Canadian province of Ontario to set up special courts applying Islamic law on family issues. An Ontario government report ...

Eight Russians previously held at Guantanamo Bay are planning to sue the US for illegally detaining them, a Russian radio station reported Thursday. Among the eight, Airat Vakhitov has been the most vocal, working with rights...

A military jury acquitted US Army Sgt. Darin Broady Thursday of charges of alleged abuse, making Broady the second reservist cleared in the death of an Afghan detainee in 2002 at Bagram Air Base. Broady...

Leading Friday's states brief, former Miami Herald columnist Jim DeFede will not be prosecuted for secretly taping phone conversations with Miami city commissioner Arthur T. Teele Jr. just before Teele killed himself. Assistant State Attorney...

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger promised to veto a bill approved by the state senate on Thursday that would create a driver's license for illegal immigrants in the state. California originally stopped issuing such...

Jose Padila v. C.T. Hanft, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, September 9, 2005 [reversing a lower court, denying Padilla's habeas appeal and holding that the "dirty bomb" suspect, who is also a US citizen, can be...

Lawyers close to the investigation into the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity say the 20-month probe may be reaching an end in the coming weeks. New York Times reporter Judith Miller has been jailed...

Sandy Berger , who served as President Clinton's National Security Adviser from 1997 to 2001, was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine and surrender his security clearance for three years on Thursday after pleading guilty to taking and...

AP is reporting that the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the habeas appeal of Jose Padilla , ruling that the "dirty bomb" suspect can be detained without charges indefinitely. Padilla's attorneys had challenged his...