JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, president of the National Lawyers Guild, says that FBI surveillance of National Lawyers Guild members and activities between 1940 and 1975 – highlighted in a recent New York Times report drawing on newly-released documents – was motivated by a desire to blunt the Guild's [...]

Iraqi security officials issued an arrest warrant and raided the home Tuesday of Culture Minister Asad Kamal al-Hashimi to investigate allegations that al-Hashimi masterminded an assassination attempt against a parliamentary candidate in February 2005. Al-Hashimi, a Sunni, is the first member of the Iraqi cabinet to face an arrest warrant. Al-Hashimi's party, the General Council [...]

Google is urging the US government , including the Departments of State and Commerce, the Office of the US Trade Representative , and various House and Senate committees, to fight the rise of global Internet censorship , according to Monday reports. Google's Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs Andrew McLaughlin said in a statement [...]

The government of Canada , currently investigating whether detainees in Afghanistan were abused while in Canadian custody , will not make inquiries into allegations of torture or abuse after the detainees were transferred to Afghan officials , according to Monday reports. Lieutenant-Commander Philip Anido, a spokesman for the board of inquiry in charge of the [...]

Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates said Monday that Portugal – which takes over the rotating EU presidency from Germany in July – would work to have negotiations pursuant to Saturday's landmark agreement on an EU reform treaty finalized by October. Portugal's Permanent Representative to the European Union, Alvaro Mendonca, told the Centre for European Policy [...]

German prosecutors said Monday they will seek the extradition of 13 US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents they believe to be responsible for the alleged 2003 kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of German national Khalid El-Masri . US State Department Deputy Spokesman Tom Casey said that he hadn't formally heard about the German request, but told [...]

Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007 . Read the Court's opinion per Chief Justice Roberts, along with a concurrence from Justice Alito, a second concurrence from Justice Scalia, and a dissent from Justice Souter. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here

Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007 . Read the Court's opinion per Justice Alito, along with a concurrence from Justice Kennedy, a second concurrence from Justice Scalia, and a dissent from Justice Souter. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Morse v. Frederick, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007 . Read the Court's opinion per Chief Justice Roberts, along with a concurrence from Justice Thomas, a second concurrence from Justice Alito, a partial concurrence and dissent from Justice Breyer, and a dissent from Justice Stevens. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Iranian 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi Monday accused the Iranian government of interfering in judicial affairs to prevent the release of two US clients currently detained by Iranian authorities. In a letter to Iranian Judiciary head Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Ebadi said the government had required Radio Farda correspondent [...]