The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday reinstated a case against four former Blackwater employees involved in the September 2007 shootings of 17 Iraqi civilians [JURIST...
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate an indecency policy that places restrictions on profanity and nudity during television broadcasting....
The Indiana House of Representatives on Thursday voted 64-32 to approve a bill considered to be a "watered-down" version of the Arizona immigration bill . The amended bill proposes to...
Egyptian public prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud on Friday ordered a 15-day extension of the detention of former president Hosni Mubarak , giving authorities more time to decide if they want to send him to...
Electronics manufacturer Samsung announced on Friday that it has filed patent infringement suits against Apple in three different countries. The suits, filed in South Korea, Japan and Germany, may be retaliation for infringement suits filed by Apple...
A Montana judge has dismissed a lawsuit that had called for the state to provide legal status to same-sex relationships. The lawsuit, filed in July by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590 materials; JURIST...
UN High Commissioner of Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday said the use of violent force by the government of Libya in densely populated cities could amount to international war crimes . The use of cluster...
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff on Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to decide whether crosses placed beside highways as memorials to deceased Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) troopers is an...
Idaho Governor CL "Butch" Otter (R) issued an executive order on Wednesday prohibiting implementation of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in the state. Executive Order 2011-03 bars "every executive...
