Gitmo doctor denies using feeding tubes to punish striking detainees
Dr. John Edmondson, chief medical officer at Guantanamo Bay , has denied accusations that feeding tubes are being used to punish detainees. In an affidavit filed in federal court, Edmondson stated that only trained doctors and nurses...
JURIST Guest Columnist Brian J. Foley of Florida Coastal School of Law says that the less-than-rigorous procedural rules governing the tribunals and military commissions at Guantanamo Bay endanger us as surely as any terrorists... The prevailing belief that the procedures...
President Bush defended his latest pick for the US Supreme Court on Tuesday after some leading conservatives questioned the judicial philosophy of White House counsel Harriet Miers . Bush told reporters that Miers...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Senate confirms John Roberts as Chief Justice
The US Senate has approved the nomination of Judge John Roberts to serve as the 17th Chief Justice of the United States by a vote of 78-22 . Roberts is expected to be sworn...
In a JURIST Forum special, JURIST Contributing Editor William G. Ross, Professor of Law at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in Alabama, reviews the fourth day of the Senate confirmation hearings for US Chief Justice nominee John Roberts, and...
US Senators approved a provision Tuesday which permits US military bases to continue holding Boy Scouts events. The 98-0 vote was a tag-on to a larger bill outlining the Defense Department's policy for 2005. The...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush picks appeals judge John Roberts for Supreme Court
Wire services are reporting that President Bush will nominate federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts for the US Supreme Court seat opened by the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, according to Washington sources. Roberts, a former law...
Meltdown at the Milosevic Trial: A Much Delayed Rush to Judgment
JURIST Guest Columnist William Schabas says that the seemingly-interminable trial of Slobodan Milosevic at The Hague is a poor model for international justice, and in the long run may not serve the purpose for which it was undertaken... The trial...
The US Senate confirmed Judges David McKeague and Richard Griffin to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Thursday by 96-0 and 95-0 votes, respectively. The confirmations came the...
Former Alabama Attorney General William Pryor was approved for a permanent seat on the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday by a 53-45 floor vote in the US Senate. Pryor, who was temporarily seated...
