Democrats in the US House of Representatives Tuesday failed to secure enough votes to override President George W. Bush's veto of the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2008 , which would have prohibited the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from using waterboarding and other interrogation techniques not explicitly authorized by the 2006 Army Field Manual. Even with [...]

State of Kansas ex rel Paul J. Morrison, Attorney General of the State of Kansas v. The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of the State of Kansas, Kansas Supreme Court, March 11, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, March 11, 2008 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Steven J. Hatfill, M.D., v. Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, March 11, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday granted a request filed by former USA Today reporter Toni Locy to block a daily contempt of court fine while Locy appeals the district court decision to impose sanctions against her for refusing to disclose government sources who provided information about former [...]

Leaders of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) will stand trial in Uganda rather than at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told AP Tuesday. Museveni said that the Ugandan government and LRA had reached a deal to try some LRA members under a traditional mediation system. Other Ugandan [...]

The US State Department Tuesday heavily criticized the right records of North Korea, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Eritrea and Sudan Tuesday in its annual report on worldwide human rights observance. In the introduction to the its 2007 Reports on Human Rights Practices , the Department noted that "Countries in which power was [...]

A Belgian government commission on restitution for Holocaust victims issued its final report Tuesday, finding that Holocaust survivors, victims' families and the general Jewish community should receive $170 million to compensate for the money and goods they lost during World War II. The Belgian government and Belgian banks Tuesday agreed to pay the figure; $54 [...]

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state's anti-funeral picketing law is unconstitutional, finding that it violates the separation of powers doctrine implied by the Kansas constitution . The court ruled that the law's judicial trigger provision , which said the law could not be enforced until it was declared constitutional by a state [...]

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo asked the Philippine Congress Tuesday to work with her administration to pass a comprehensive anti-corruption reform act to fight the corruption she said has plagued the country for decades. Arroyo noted that the country's 2008 budget dedicates more money than previous budgets to anti-corruption efforts. Reuters has more. Corruption has [...]