A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that that US meatpackers can resume Canadian cattle importation, ending a two-year ban put in place after Canada discovered its first domestic case of mad cow disease . The court said in a brief order that the injunction blocking a [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Mary Ellen O’Connell of Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, says that when it comes to fighting terrorism, the experienced British, newly challenged in the recent London bombings, have the right idea… The British have shown extraordinary resilience in the face of the London Transport bombings. They are determined not to [...]

BBC News is reporting that chemistry student Magdi al-Nashar has been arrested in Cairo in connection with the London bombings. BBC News has more. 11:36 AM ET – Magdi al-Nashar has denied any role in the London attacks during interrogations by Egyptian authorities, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. AP has more.

Enwonwu v. Chertoff, et al., US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, July 13, 2005 . Excerpt: For 217 years, through boom and bust, insurgency, civil war, and terrorist attack, this Court–the oldest United States District Court in America–has carefully and prudentially administered the Writ of Habeas Corpus to secure the rights of the [...]

US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, July 14, 2005 . Excerpt: Microsoft's impassioned recitation of a parade of horribles that may befall the domestic software industry — such as the relocation of manufacturing facilities overseas — provides an insufficient basis for reaching a different result in this case. Read the full text of [...]

AP is reporting that US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist is spurning rumors of his retirement after admission to the hospital this week for a fever, saying he will serve as long as his health allows him. "I am not about to announce my retirement," he is quoted as saying in a statement. 9:40 [...]

Investigations into FBI Allegations of Detainee Abuse, US Department of Defense , released July 14, 2005 . Read the full text of the report here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

US Senators said Thursday at a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing that Congress should enact legislation to define the legal status of prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay, while the Pentagon called such a plan too restrictive since present laws enable the US to detain the prisoners for an unlimited period of time. Republican Senators [...]

Four leading women in the US Senate Thursday asked Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to reconsider her resignation if Justice William Rehnquist makes the decision to retire. The request from Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) came after Justice Rehnquist was admitted to the hospital for [...]

The Ethiopian government has said that it will not renew a ban on post-election demonstrations against accusations of election fraud after it expires Friday. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi originally instituted a month-long ban against protests in and near the country's capital beginning on the May 15 election day, but it was extended after demonstrations [...]