Bangladesh ex-PM and opposition leader charged with corruption
Former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia and her son, Tarique Rahman , were charged with corruption Monday over alleged inappropriate donations. The Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) brought the charges ...
New Mexico Supreme Court allows environmental groups to intervene in emissions hearing
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that environmental groups may intervene in state administrative hearings over greenhouse gas emissions standards. New Energy Economy (NEE) , a non-profit organization working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,...
New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms (NYCF) and Torah Jews for Decency (TJD) filed a complaint on Monday challenging the Marriage Equality Act , which allows same-sex couples to marry in the state. The plaintiffs...
Recent Scandal One in a Series of Legal Issues for News Corp
Dave Saldana, Communications Director for Free Press, argues that the recent News Corp. scandal will likely follow along the line of the company's previous US legal troubles, in which it was able to avoid penalties through campaign donations and deft...
JURIST Guest Columnist Ilya Somin of George Mason School of Law says that the recent appellate court decision finding the individual mandate constitutional undermines federalism, misconstrues the boundaries of congressional authority, and lays the groundwork for limitless federal mandates... This...
JURIST Guest Columnist Ilya Somin of George Mason School of Law says the lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act are far from frivolous. They deserve to prevail and have a real chance of doing so... Twenty-eight states...
JURIST Guest Columnist Sherrilyn Ifill of the University of Maryland School of Law says in light of recent events casting doubt on certain supreme court justices' political biases that a major overhaul of Supreme Court recusal practice is in order.......
Ninth Circuit overturns corruption conviction of Alaska lawmaker
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned the corruption conviction of Vic Kohring, a former Republican member of the Alaska State Legislature . Kohring was caught on tape accepting cash from...
DeLay receives three-year sentence for money laundering and conspiracy
A judge for the 331st Criminal District Court of Texas sentenced former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) to three years in prison and ten years of probation Monday following DeLay's November conviction...
A federal judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday sentenced Paul Magliocchetti, founder of the now-defunct political lobbying firm PMA Group, to 27 months imprisonment for his involvement...
