State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush, January 31, 2006. Read the full text of the Address. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
President Bush Tuesday evening used the occasion of his 2006 State of the Union address to insist again on the legality of his domestic surveillance program and to celebrate the recent confirmations of two of his...
Planned Parenthood Federation of America v. Gonzales et al., US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, January , 2005 . Excerpt:This...
An act to amend Section 8314 of, and to add Section 8314.5 to, theGovernment Code, relating to public agencies; passed by the California Senate, January 30, 2006 [banning state agencies from producing video news releases designed to look like objective...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a stay on the execution of Florida inmate and convicted murderer Arthur Rutherford , who claims that the Florida execution procedure violates Eighth Amendment guarantees against cruel and...
The US Second Circuit and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals ruled in two separate decisions Tuesday that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional because it does not provide an exception...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a report disclosed Tuesday that a set of documents now possessed by Iran is unequivocally intended for use in manufacturing nuclear weapons. The documents, which allegedly explain how "enriched,...
A judge gave final approval Tuesday to a class action settlement jointly proposed by the Diocese of Covington, KY and 361 plaintiffs who alleged they were molested by priests across 75 counties in Kentucky...
Digital free speech group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has initiated a class-action lawsuit against AT&T on behalf of California plaintiffs alleging that the company violated their right to privacy as well as several...
Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was interrogated for four hours Tuesday as part of Chilean Supreme Court judge Orlando Alvarez's process to determine whether he will recommend his extradition to Peru. Fujimori, who fled...