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US House Committee on the Judiciary chairman James Sensenbrenner, Jr. introduced legislation Wednesday that contains provisions restricting terrorist travel that were dropped from the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 , which...

Citing "constitutional errors", the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday overturned the controversial conviction and death sentence of British national Kenny Richey of Edinburgh. Richey will be released from death row in 90...

More complaints of abuse of Iraqi detainees by the US military have surfaced, including reports of electric shocks and sodomy, according to newly obtained military documents released by the American Civil Liberties Union . While...

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said Friday that he would be willing to call a national election over the issue of same-sex marriage, the subject of pending legislation in the Canadian House of Commons where Martin presides...

AP is reporting that the Louisiana Supreme Court has reinstated the an amendment to the state's constitution that bans same-sex marriage.12:53 PM ET - In a unanimous decision, the Louisiana Supreme Court has reinstated a state constitutional...

The Kansas Senate voted Thursday in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage and would prohibit the state from allowing civil unions or granting benefits normally associated with marriage to same-sex...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez issued a presidential decree Tuesday creating a presidential and national land commission to implement the provisions of Venezuela's four year old land reform law. The law, called...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has called for Massachusetts authorities to cease collecting DNA from the Truro, MA community in a letter released Monday. The DNA collection is an effort by the Truro police department and Cape Cod...

Log of (and links to) FBI records obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request for documents concerning the treatment and interrogation of detainees in United States custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, released...

Log of (and links to) FBI records obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request for documents concerning the treatment and interrogation of detainees in United States custody, released December 20, 2004. Review...