In the Matter of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Federal Election Commission, April 18, 2006 . Read the full text of the agreement. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Clark v. Arizona , 05-5966, a case in which the Court will decide the constitutionality of Arizona statutes governing insanity defenses in criminal cases. In June 2000 at the age of 17, Eric Clark, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, shot and killed police officer Jeff Moritz [...]

List of detainees who went through complete CSRT process, US Department of Defense, released April 19, 2006 . Read the full text of the list , with prisoners' name associated with country of citizenship. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The defense team in the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui on Wednesday called several witnesses in an effort to prevent a death sentence for the convicted Sept. 11 conspirator, including two family members of Sept. 11 victims, and more mental health experts. In stark contrast to the dozens of victims' relatives who testified for the [...]

The US Department of Defense on Wednesday released the first official list of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay , including the names of people who were the earliest detainees at the detention facility. The Pentagon released the list of 558 detainees in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed in March by the [...]

The State of Texas, Appellant v. Thomas Dale DeLay, Appellee, Texas 3d Court of Appeals, April 19, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday issued a new compliance manual that is meant to clarify how employers and employees should interpret anti-discrimination laws found in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez said that the manual "applies to a wide range of contemporary discrimination [...]

Internet company Yahoo may be responsible for leading Chinese police to the identity of a pro-democracy activist who was sentenced to four years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday. Jiang Lijun was jailed in 2003 for allegedly promoting democracy through "violent means" on the Internet. According to Reporters Without Borders, Jiang's 2003 guilty verdict [...]

The Texas Third Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court decision dismissing a conspiracy charge against US Rep. Tom DeLay . DeLay was indicted on money laundering and conspiracy charges last year, but Senior District Judge Pat Priest dismissed the conspiracy charges , ruling that the former House majority leader could not be [...]

Certification of April 9-10 parliamentary elections, Italian Court of Cassation, April 19, 2006 . Excerpt: Il dianzi menzionato provvedimento del 16 marzo 2006 è stato adottato applicando le norme di cui agli artt.14 e segg. D.P.R. 30 marzo 1957 n.361 e successive modifiche e integrazioni, le quali non prevedono tra i requisiti di ammissibilità di [...]