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A US military judge on Friday rescheduled the trial of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr for January 26. US Army Col. Patrick Parrish granted the defense's motion for an independent psychological and psychiatric examination [Globe...

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed Tuesday that the military prison at Guantanamo Bay would remain open for the duration of President George W. Bush's administration. The New York Times reported earlier in...

JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, says that when they go to the polls in November, American voters should carefully consider the candidates' positions and likely impact on the federal courts as the...

US President George W. Bush issued an executive order on Thursday that creates a Transition Coordinating Council to head up transition efforts of executive agencies and the incoming administration in the months leading up to the...

The AFL-CIO and three other labor groups filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Thursday, alleging that Wal-mart Inc. , the largest employer in the US,...

JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law says that amidst all the attention focused on security problems likely to be associated with an eventual US withdrawal from Iraq, the legal and practical impact of withdrawal on...

A number of politicians have denounced Wednesday's US Supreme Court ruling that the death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment for the rape of a child. At a press conference, Democratic Party...

JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that so long as the United States is an occupying power or exercises effective control in any part of Iraq it must ensure that it is meeting...

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that by upholding habeas corpus rights for Guantanamo detainees in Boumediene, the US Supreme Court has fulfilled its constitutional duty to check and balance the other two branches...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Faisal Joseph, counsel for a group of Canadian law students who recently filed human rights complaints against the Canadian newsmagazine Maclean's for its refusal to publish a response to a string of articles allegedly targeting Muslim...