Jon Feere : “States regularly assist the federal government in making sure federal laws and regulations in a whole host of areas are followed. The feds generally welcome the support. But when it comes to immigration, the Obama administration has signaled opposition to states that wish to provide assistance. The administration argues that states are [...]

The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday suspended the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for a month. The postponement allows Karadzic to read 14,000 pages of evidence the prosecution sent to him in October. Karadzic faces 11 war crimes charges, including counts of genocide [...]

UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced Thursday that Britain’s intellectual property laws will undergo a review with an eye towards modernization, in an effort to encourage innovation and small business. Cameron suggested that the law may be reformed in order to allow for increased use of copyright material without the owner’s permission. The review is [...]

The US District Court Eastern District of Missouri on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging three men with providing material support to Somali-based Islamic terrorist organization al Shabaab . The October 21 indictment charges Mohamud Abdi Yusuf, Duane Mohamed Diriye and Abdi Mahdi Hussein with funding and providing materials to a known terrorist organization. The federal [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday dismissed claims challenging the Obama Administration’s moratorium on deepwater drilling, which was enacted following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. US District Judge Martin Feldman said that the claims filed by drilling companies against US Interior [...]

Afghanistan’s Attorney General’s (AG) office announced Wednesday it will investigate possible voter fraud committed by the country’s election commission after the parliamentary election held in September. A deputy attorney general said that the office has received complaints that election officials working for the Independent Election Commission (IEC) , which is responsible for investigating complaints of [...]

The European Commission on Thursday released a 20-page document outlining recommendations for stronger Internet privacy laws. The recommendations come after a review of its 15 year-old privacy laws . The document addresses issues including “improving the coherence of the data protection legal framework,” “enhancing control over one’s own data” and “ensuring informed and free consent.” [...]

Serbian President Boris Tadic apologized Thursday for Serbian war crimes during a visit to Croatia. Tadic and Croatian President Ivo Josipovic together visited a memorial in Vukovar , where Serbian forces murdered 260 Croatians in November 1991. Tadic said, “I came here to offer an apology and express regret.” Tadic becomes the first Serbian president [...]

Internet company Google announced Tuesday that it has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit regarding privacy breaches relating to its Google Buzz social networking program. The settlement is in response to a complaint filed in July alleging that the Buzz application within Gmail exposed private user data, including contact lists, to other Gmail [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn on the constitutionality of an Arizona tax credit for donations to organizations that provide scholarships at private schools, which allows scholarships funded by religious organizations to be granted only to students attending parochial schools. The US Court of Appeals [...]