Two days after his nomination to the Supreme Court by US President Bush, John Roberts made progress Thursday towards his goal of Senate confirmation when he received a rating of "non-activist judge" from moderate Republican Senate Judiciary...

The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to extend the Patriot Act , a key document used to combat terrorism in the US. The measure was approved 257-171 with 43 Democrats joining 214 Republicans in...

The White House said Thursday it would veto the Senate bill for next year's defense spending if members of the Senate moved to regulate or set up a commission to investigate conditions at US detention camps. Democrats stated Thursday...

Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has informed the SEC of its intentions to merge with electronic exchange unit Archipelago and form a publicly traded company. In a...

Former CEO of HealthSouth Corp. Richard Scrushy petitioned a judge Thursday to terminate the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) civil suit against him for corporate fraud charges since he was acquitted of criminal...

Fifty-two detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp are protesting their detentions and allegedly inhumane treatment by refusing meals, according to a statement released Thursday by the naval base's Joint Task Force . The prisoners have so far...

London police arrested two men Thursday as suspects in the noon hour attacks on a bus and three subway trains . Officials said one of the men was arrested near the home of Prime Minister Tony Blair [official...

Saddam Hussein on Thursday questioned why he only has access to his lawyer during interrogation sessions before judges investigating the charges against him. In a new released videotape of Saddam, he asked Judge Munir Haddad, "The lawyer only sees...

After another four explosions in the UK Thursday , the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in Britain immediately expressed the need for new and broader powers to deal with terrorism , such as the...

Leading Thursday's states brief, the South Dakota Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that remarriage does not automatically terminate alimony payments, but recipients must show there is a good cause to continue the payments. Justice Judith Meierhenry wrote, "Absent...