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The US House Judiciary Committee approved a complex bill aimed at preventing illegal immigration in a split party 23-15 vote Thursday, allowing a full House vote on the legislation next week. The bill [text; committee press release,...

The two largest political parties in the European Parliament have agreed to support a draft bill designed to require all European-based telecommunications companies to store records of phone and email users for up to 24 months...

Fraternal Order of Police, North Dakota State Lodge et al. v. Wayne Stenehjem, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of North Dakota, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, December 7, 2005 [ruling that...

The US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled in a 2-1 decision that restrictions imposed on telemarketers by North Dakota help to maintain privacy and are not overly broad. The court's holding reverses...

On the final day of Egypt's legislative elections , police beat back female voters with sticks when they tried to enter a blocked-off polling station in the Nasiriyah district of Zagazig, a stronghold of banned political group...

AP is reporting that a federal jury has acquitted Sami Al-Arian , the former Florida professor accused of aiding Palestinian terrorists, on some counts but has deadlocked on others.Previously in JURIST's Paper Chase...Ex-professor calls no...

Defense lawyers for German citizen Ladislav Niznansky , the 88-year-old former Slovak Nazi commander accused of wartime massacres, demanded Tuesday that their client be acquitted and given compensation for his time in prison, saying there was no evidence...

China on Tuesday denied the findings of UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak who, after a two-week visit to China, criticized the country for the widespread torture and abuse of prisoners....

JURIST Guest Columnist Ed Richards, Director of the Program in Law, Science, and Public Health at the Louisiana State University Law Center, says that President Bush's bird flu plan raises a number of legal issues even apart from the question...

French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that the French government has begun the deportation of seven foreigners found guilty of taking part in last month's rioting , making good his promise to...