New Hampshire Governor John Lynch said Thursday that he is willing to sign a same-sex marriage bill into law, but only if the legislature amends it to make it clear that religious...
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Spain's Cabinet approved a draft bill Thursday that would liberalize Spanish abortion law. The new bill, which must now be approved by Parliament, would give women the right to an abortion...
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) misled Congress about the use of enhanced interrogation techniques during the Bush...
The government of Myanmar received widespread international criticism after jailing democracy advocate and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday for violating the terms of her house arrest. Myanmar's military junta...
Progetto di legge: 2180 (Bill 2180), Italian Chamber of Deputies, May 14, 2009, . Read the full text of the legislative materials . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
The German Bundestag voted Wednesday in favor of heightened requirements for late-term abortions including a three-day waiting period and a mandatory psychological evaluation. Current law in Germany outlaws abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy [text,...
Speaker of the Russian State Duma Boris Gryzlov said Wednesday that a proposal by President Dmitry Medvedev to allow parliament to select the head of the Constitutional Court will be supported by the...
Untitled DOJ Report, US Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs, May 14, 2009 [reporting that 2,083 wiretap and search requests for investigating terrorism suspects were granted in 2008 through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a decline from 2,370 in...
US President Barack Obama is considering six possible nominees for the US Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice David Souter , including five women, the Associated Press reported Thursday. This six names...
The Italian Chamber of Deputies , the lower house of parliament, on Wednesday approved legislation that would increase the penalties for illegal immigration by a vote of 297-255. The controversial legislation provides that...
