Bainbridge [UCLA]: Terry Schiavo, Congress, and First Principles
Stephen Bainbridge :"Now that Congress has approved the legislation to give federal courts jurisdiction over the Terry Schiavo case, I am finding myself oddly unable to reach a definitive assessment of that action. As I see it, Congress'...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, March 15.The US Senate convenes at 9:30 AM ET, when it will consider S. Con. Res. 18 , the FY...
FOIA DOD records on prisoner abuse by US personnel in Iraq [ACLU]
Log of (and links to) Department of Defense reports of investigations into US treatment of prisoners in Iraq obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request, posted online by the ACLU March 10,...
Documents show children imprisoned, women abused at Abu Ghraib
The latest US Defense Department documents obtained by the ACLU in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the US goverment indicate that the US held children under 12 at the prison as well as women, at...
FOIA Army CID records on prisoner abuse by US personnel in Iraq [ACLU]
Log of (and links to) Army CID reports of investigations into US treatment of prisoners in Iraq, US Department of Defense, obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request, March 4, 2005 [covering...
The House of Lords, the upper chamber of the UK Parliament, Monday turned back by 249-119 a controversial anti-terror bill that would have permitted government ministers to issue so-called "control orders" limiting the movement or freedoms of certain terror...
In response to a Freedom of Information lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union over prisoner abuse in Iraq, the US Army released 1200 pages of documents on Friday. The documents cover 13...
A Mississippi judge delayed Thursday the murder trial of a reputed Ku Klux Klansman who is charged with the notorious Mississippi Burning killings of 1964 due to scheduling conflicts and the desire to allow defense attorneys to...
International brief ~ Zimbabwe Supreme Court says voting not 'fundamental right'
In Thursday's international brief, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe held Wednesday that while voting was constitutionally protected in the country, it was not a "fundamental right." The ruling was made at a hearing for Zimbabweans who are petitioning the...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, Feb. 24.The US Senate and US House are in recess this week. Both will resume their sessions on Feb. 28.Senate Judiciary...
