Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as the 111th justice in the history of the US Supreme Court Saturday. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath, in which Sotomayor swore to "administer justice...
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A Yemeni cleric and his assistant pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to provide financial support for Hamas and were sentenced to time served by the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York . After the...
The Moscow Military District Court on Friday rejected a petition by prosecutors to allow further investigation into the 2006 shooting death of journalist Anna Politkovskaya . The retrial of three men acquitted of...
A Canadian Catholic diocese on Friday reached a proposed settlement agreement in a class action suit alleging that diocesan priests sexually abused children. Under the terms of the agreement, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish...
Voters in Niger overwhelmingly approved a referendum Friday establishing a new constitution that would allow President Mamadou Tandja to remain in office. Among the new constitution's changes is the abolition of a presidential two-term limit, allowing Tandja...
The German Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that children can be required to attend sex education classes, despite parents' religious objections. The suit was brought by Baptist parents [DW...
The Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of the Interior announced Friday that the country will accept two Syrian Guantanamo Bay detainees in order to aid US...
US Department of Defense, et al. v. American Civil Liberties Union, et al., on petition for a writ of certiorari, US Department of Defense, August 7, 2009 [petitioning the US Supreme Court to overturn a district court order mandating disclosure...
Muhammad v. Kelly, US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, August 7, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more...
A federal judge on Wednesday refused to accept a $33 million settlement agreement reached this week between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Bank of America . The SEC charged BOA...
