Dagestani native Magomed Salikhov was brought to Russia on Saturday after his arrest in Azerbaijan for alleged involvement in a 1999 bombing in Buinaksk that killed 64 people and helped instigate Moscow's more recent military campaign in neighboring Chechnya....
The imprisoned leader of Palestinian uprisings, Marwan Barghouti, has decided to run in the upcoming Palestinian elections to replace Yasser Arafat. A source close to the jailed politician said Barghouti would seek the position of president only with the...
State of Arizona, Office of the Attorney General, Attorney General Opinion re: State and Local Public Benefits Subject to Proposition 200, November 13, 2004 [ruling that Proposition 200, the Arizona state initiative aimed at keeping illegal immigrants from receiving public...
Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, et al. v. Ruth D. Holmes, et al., Florida District Court of Appeal First Circuit, Judge Van Nortwick, November 12, 2004 [ruling that the state's 1999 school voucher law violates the state constitution because it...
Proposition 200, the Arizona state initiative aimed at keeping illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits, is limited to certain welfare-related programs, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard ruled Friday. Goddard wrote an advisory legal opinion to clarify some of...
Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue announced Friday that his country will seek the arrest of exiled former president Jean Bertrand Aristide, now in refuge in South Africa. An international warrant will be issued as soon as possible, based on...
FedEx Corp. stated Friday that it would challenge an order by the US Department of Transportation to pay back part of the federal money it received as a result of the post-9/11 Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act...
Speaking to the Federalist Society annual national conference on Friday, US Attorney General John Ashcroft denounced a trend towards activist judges who are second-guessing presidential determinations. Ashcroft, in his first remarks since announcing his resignation earlier this week, stated...
The Justice Department Friday formally filed notice that it will appeal the ruling that stopped the military commission trials in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On Monday, Judge James Robertson of the US District Court for the District of Columbia stated...
In an 8-5-1 decision, the Florida First District Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the state's 1999 school voucher law violates the state constitution because it allows tax dollars to be spent on religious schools. The law states that...