JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says it is a sad day for America when respected legal scholars writing in the New York Times are advocating a separate US judicial regime - what...
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Former White House Political Director Sara M. Taylor refused to answer questions from the the US Senate Judiciary Committee in connection with the US Attorney firings controversy Wednesday, saying that she did...
French magistrates are expected to file preliminary charges against former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin for allegedly ordering a smear campaign against former political rival and current French President Nicolas Sarkozy [official profile; BBC...
Investigators searched the offices of former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on Friday as part of a probe into an alleged smear campaign conducted against Villepin political rival and now French...
Ali Khan : "President Musharraf is no King James I and Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is no Chief Justice Edward Coke, but since Pakistan has been part of the British Empire and the common law traditions...
Durbin urges federal appeals judge to recuse himself on detainee cases
US Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) on Tuesday urged federal appellate court Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to recuse himself in "all pending and subsequent cases involving detainees and enemy combatants," after the Washington...
Anthony D'Amato : "Russia is the only Western power that champions Serbia's territorial claim over Kosovo. All other nations want independence for the former Serbian province. As I argued in a previous editorial for JURIST on...
The US Senate voted 53-38 Monday on a cloture motion limiting debate on a joint resolution expressing its lack of confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales , effectively stopping the resolution...
Federal appeals court orders release of 'enemy combatant' from military custody
A US federal appeals court ruled Monday that the military cannot seize and imprison civilians lawfully residing in the United States and detain them as "enemy combatants." The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [official...
US Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) announced Friday that an anticipated floor debate on a resolution expressing the Senate's lack of confidence in beleaguered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will take place Monday. The no-confidence...
