The first lady of Taiwan has been indicted on charges of embezzling $448,000 in state funds and falsifying documents. The state prosecutor's office says there is enough evidence of wrongdoing to also indict her husband President Chen Shui-bian , but Article 52 of the constitution specifically grants Chen immunity from criminal prosecution with the exception [...]

The government of Senegal indicated Thursday that it will reexamine its local laws in order to bring to justice former Chad dictator Hissene Habre , now living in Senegal. In 1992 a Chadian Truth Commission report accused Habre of committing some 40,000 acts of murder and torture of political opponents during his rule from 1982 [...]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) delayed a vote on the proposed $82.2 billion merger of BellSouth and AT&T for the third time Thursday. The measure was previously delayed to allow Democrats on the commission more time to study the proposal. An FCC official told Reuters that the group had made little progress in reaching a [...]

US President George W. Bush urged voters at campaign rallies in Montana and Nevada Thursday to vote Republican so that the Senate can continue to confirm key judicial nominees "who will not legislate from the bench." Bush pointed to Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court as examples of [...]

The investigation into abuses committed during Argentina's Dirty War has been expanded to include the tenure of former President Isabel Peron , a government minister said Thursday. Peron, the wife of late President Juan Peron , took office in 1974 but was ousted in a 1976 coup. During her tenure, leftist guerrillas and death squads [...]

Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless v. Blackwell, November 2, 2006 . Read the full text of the settlement . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

US v. Libby, US District Court for the District of Columbia, October 2, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Petiton Alleging Violations of the Human Rights of Undocumented Workers in the United States, American Civil Liberties Union and National Employment Law Project, November 2, 2006 . Read the full text of the petition. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

US District Judge Reggie Walton ruled Thursday against allowing the testimony of memory experts in the CIA leak trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby . Libby, charged last year with perjury and obstruction of justice, blames faulty memory for the false statements made to investigators regarding his conversations with members of [...]

Boumediene v. Bush, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, November 2, 2006 . Read the full text of the brief for the petitioners. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.