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...
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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...
US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist has been released from hospital after a two-night stay. He had been "admitted for observation and tests" Wednesday with a high fever, fueling debate over the prospect...
Chief Justice William Rehnquist has been hospitalized with a fever. A US Supreme Court spokeswoman said he was "admitted for observation and tests." AP has more....
States brief ~ WI Supreme Court rules juvenile interrogations must be recorded
Leading Thursday's states brief, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today that interrogations of juvenile prisoners must be electronically recorded. In reversing a 2003 Court of Appeals decision the court stated that recording the interrogations by videotape...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Many injured in London blasts; bombs suspected; PM to speak
Speaking outside 10 Downing Street Thursday morning, UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke has reported "terrible injuries" after several explosions on the London transport system just before 9 AM London time Thursday morning suspected to have been caused by...
Kuwaiti judge orders medical commission to investigate allegations of torture
A Kuwaiti judge has approved an independent medical commission to investigate allegations of torture by 37 detainees being held by Kuwaiti authorities for plotting attacks against US soldiers and killing four policemen in January. The medical board, made up...
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet suffered a stroke Tuesday and was taken to the hospital a day before the Santiago Appeals Court was to consider whether he could be tried for crimes against his...
States brief ~ Florida judge dismisses school districts' funding suit
In Friday's report on law in the states, Circuit Judge P. Kevin Davey of Florida's 11th Judicial District today dismissed a lawsuit filed by five of Florida's larger school boards over changes in the way the state's...
FBI gave media, court different versions of Hayat "terror" affidavits
A father and son who were arrested in Lodi, California on charges of lying to the FBI about attending an al-Qaida terrorist training camp, are challenging the government for releasing 2 significantly different affidavits to the media...