The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Wednesday in Perry v. New Hampshire that the Due Process Clause does not require a preliminary judicial inquiry into the reliability of an eyewitness identification when the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday lifted an injunction on a Texas law that requires women to have a sonogram before undergoing an abortion , allowing...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Tuesday. In FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. , the court heard arguments on whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Tuesday in Smith v. Cain to overturn the conviction of Juan Smith due to the New Orleans District Attorney's office withholding material evidence from the...
The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Tuesday in CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood that, because the Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA) is silent on whether claims can proceed in an arbitrable forum, the Federal...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking the release of videotapes of the interrogation of an inmate held at the Guantanamo Bay prison . The CCR filed the...
The Ankara 12th High Criminal Court accepted an indictment on Tuesday charging former Turkish president Kenan Evren with crimes against the state in relation to the 1980 coup. The ex-president was the head of the 1980 military...
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Minneci v. Pollard that where state tort law authorizes adequate remedies for individuals harmed by private employees working at a federal facility, and where...
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday unanimously upheld a ruling blocking the implementation of an Oklahoma constitutional amendment that would have prohibited state courts from considering Islamic and...
The US Supreme Court issued a ruling on Tuesday in Gonzalez v. Thaler interpreting two sections of the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) and holding that...