Texas governor signs first US order mandating cervical cancer vaccinations for girls
The governor of Texas signed an executive order Friday making that state the first to require that girls be vaccinated for human papilloma virus (HPV) , which is the primary cause of cervical...
The French Parliament has put off debate on whether to allow class action lawsuits in the country's legal system after the French National Assembly struck proposed legislation from its February schedule in...
Guantanamo defense lawyer says 160 detainees moved to solitary
Guantanamo defense lawyer and Reprieve senior counsel Zachary Katznelson told Reuters in an interview published Friday that since December at least 160 Guantanamo Bay detainees have been moved to solitary confinement in...
Thailand constitution to be finished by July; martial law lifted in 41 provinces
The new constitution of Thailand will be finalized and ready to face a referendum by July 6, according to an announcement Friday from the Constitutional Drafting Committee. The 35-member committee began work on the document on...
Denmark wants EU constitution in place by 2009 parliamentary elections
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Tuesday called for the European constitution to be in place before the 2009 European parliamentary elections. Rasmussen acknowledged that some changes to the...
Background checks and records on William J. Rehnquist, US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), released January 4, 2007 [revealing that he was prescribed a powerful sleeping aid when he was an associate justice, which he took for over a decade,...
Former Illinois governor sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for corruption
US District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer Wednesday sentenced former Illinois Governor George Ryan to 6 1/2 years imprisonment after dropping 2 of the 18 counts against him, holding that there was not enough evidence to convict...
US President Bush on Wednesday presented the Military Commissions Act of 2006 , proposed legislation that would authorize military commissions for terror detainees and enemy combatants. The Bush administration agreed to...
US appeals court rules selection of NY judges by conventions unconstitutional
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld a lower court ruling that the selection process for New York Supreme Court judges is unconstitutional. US District Court Judge John Gleeson...
JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law offers his analysis of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Middle East conflict involving Israel, Hezbollah and Lebanon... Hezbollah's surprising television...
