Roberts memos defend school prayer, oppose 'comparable worth'
In a 1985 memo to White House counsel Fred Fielding released Monday, US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts stated that the Court's ruling in Wallace v. Jaffree , striking down an Alabama law mandating a one-minute...
600 suspected militants detained in Pakistan terror crackdown
Approximately 600 suspected Islamic militants have been arrested in a week-long, nationwide effort by Pakistani security forces. Pakistan officials say that those arrested include 295 people belonging to banned militant groups and 300 others including clerics, prayer leaders, and...
More than 100 congressmen on Thursday backed a proposal for a constitutional amendment that would protect more religious expression on public property. The steps are being taken to reverse the holding in McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky [opinion;...
Ten Commandments state capitol grounds display ruling [US SC]
Van Orden v. Perry, United States Supreme Court, June 27, 2005 . Excerpt from the opinion, by Chief Justice Rehnquist:The placement of the Ten...
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld briefing on the military detention center at Guanatanamo Bay and other subjects, June 14, 2005 [saying that the US government had gone to great length and enormous expense to ensure that terror detainees at...
Rumsfeld defends prisoner treatment, says no reason to close Guantanamo Bay
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in a Pentagon news conference Tuesday that the US government had gone to great length and enormous expense to ensure that terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay were well-treated and...
GOP Armed Services chair says White House divided on Guantanamo closing
US Representative Duncan Hunter , chairman of the House Armed Services Committee , said in an interview with Fox News Sunday that there are members of the Bush administration who want to close the Guantanamo Bay prison...
Sheik Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samarrai, a prominent Sunni cleric of the Association of Muslim Scholars , urged President Jalal Talabani on Friday to fulfill an earlier promise to pardon some 10,500 insurgents imprisoned by US forces. His...
Pope's will leaves no property but reveals resignation reflections
The Vatican Thursday released the will and spiritual testament of Pope John Paul II . In the 15 page document the Pope left no material...
More recently-declassified notes of some Guantanamo detainees' conversations with their defense attorneys include allegations that US personnel at the camp repeatedly mocked Islam, made disparaging remarks, and took religiously-abusive actions such as that of a prison barber in cutting...
