ACLU, et al. v. DOD, et al., Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, United States District Court Southern District of New York, September 29, 2005 [ruling under the Freedom of Information Act, ordering the release of additional photographs and videotapes of detainee...

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday followed through on his promise to veto the gay marriage bill passed by the California Assembly earlier this month. In a veto statement issued late Thursday...

AP is reporting that New York Times reporter Judith Miller has been released from federal prison after agreeing to testify to a grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA operative's identity, according to legal sources. Her...

Trial preparations commenced Thursday in federal court in Houston for the first federal civil trial involving the Merck-manufactured Vioxx painkiller. Earlier this month, New Orleans-based US District Judge Eldon Fallon, charged with managing the hundreds of...

The White House said Thursday that President Bush will probably wait until next week to announce his next nominee to the US Supreme Court. Bush was earlier expected to announce his nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra...

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously Thursday that provincial governments can pass laws to recover health care costs incurred in taking care of people sickened by smoking. Canadian tobacco companies had challenged the constitutionality of...

The US House of Representatives Thursday approved by 229-193 legislation that would overhaul the 1973 Endangered Species Act . Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) steered the Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005 (TESRA) ...

Leading Thursday's states brief, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled in separate decisions today that a state law banning live sex shows and a local ordinance that requires nude dancers to stay four feet away from...

The New Orleans police department Thursday launched an investigation into police officers' alleged participation in looting that occurred in the wake of Hurricane Katrina . News reports filed in the wake of the hurricane placed some officers...

Canadian holding company Ravelston Corp. will plead not guilty to US fraud charges alleging the company participated in a scheme to swindle more than $32 million from US-based Hollinger International . Ravelston, the holding company of former Hollinger...