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In a 56-43 vote Wednesday, the Senate confirmed the nomination of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown to the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia . Brown’s...

Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari Wednesday promised to continue fighting corruption in Iraq's new government. He said "administrative corruption" was one of many challenges Iraq must face, and that the government has "rolled up its sleeves and...

The US Senate voted 65-32 Tuesday to limit debate on the nomination of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown to the federal appeals bench, against some opposition from Democrats, some of whom have...

After over three hours of debate ending after midnight Monday morning, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow a federal judge to conduct a de novo review of the Terri...

The US Senate late Tuesday afternoon approved the nomination of federal appeals judge Michael Chertoff as the new Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The vote, originally scheduled for last week, had been delayed while Senate Democrats unsuccessfully...

JURIST Contributing Editor William G. Ross of Cumberland Law School at Samford University says that although the US Supreme Court has not been a significant issue thusfar in the current Presidential campaign, the likelihood of Presidential appointments to the Court...