The Kansas House of Representatives on Thursday approved several new restrictions on abortion . Bills 2035 and 2281 passed overwhelmingly, in voice votes of 96 to 25 and 91...
The trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday declined a request from lawyers for accused Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo to stay the proceedings against him....
A group of law professors asked Congress Wednesday to extend the Code of Conduct for United States Judges to apply to the Supreme Court . In a letter to the House and Senate Judiciary...
The number of hate groups in the US rose to more than 1,000 during 2010, according to a report released Wednesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) . The SPLC reports this is the...
Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie (D) signed the same-sex civil unions bill into law on Wednesday, legalizing same-sex civil unions in the state. The legislation will go into...
The Indiana Senate on Tuesday approved a bill by a vote of 31-18, proposing a strict illegal immigration policy comparable to the controversial Arizona law . The...
Former Libyan Justice Minister Mustafa Abel-Jalil on Wednesday alleged that Muammar Gaddafi ordered the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, according to Swedish newspaper Expressen . During the 40-minute...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday convicted former senior Serbian police official Vlastimir Djordjevic on five counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, sentencing...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously in Walker v. Martin that a state law barring a prisoner from collaterally attacking his conviction is adequate to...
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Wednesday that the ICC cannot investigate possible crimes in Libya because the country is not a party to the Rome Statute ....