AP is reporting that the Oregon Supreme Court has nullified 3,000 marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples last year. The decision reverses a court of appeals decision upholding the licenses. Oregon voters approved ...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia warned former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic Thursday that he must speed up his attempt to call world leaders, including former President Bill Clinton,...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, April 14.The US Senate convenes at 9:30 AM ET today, when it will consider H.R. 1268 , the Iraq/Afghanistan Supplemental...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, April 13.The US Senate convenes at 9:30 AM ET today, when it will consider H.R. 1268 , the Iraq/Afghanistan Supplemental...
The top religious official in Saudi Arabia has banned the practice of allowing parents to force women to marry. Sheik Abdul-Aziz al-Sheik said in a statement that coercion to marry was "un-Islamic," and that fathers who...
The nomination of John Bolton as US ambassador to the UN is expected to be approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as early as Thursday, despite intense criticism by a former State Department official...
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has announced that the state will join nine others in suing the Environmental Protection Agency over a recently announced rule to reduce mercury emissions. The lawsuit, led by New...
John Negroponte on Tuesday promised that security and intelligence agencies would not use torture in gathering intelligence under his watch as National Director of Intelligence. Negroponte faced tough questioning during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence...
The federal government has unsealed the indictment of three men charged with plotting an attack on several financial institutions in the US. The three charged were Dhirin Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed and Qaisar Shaffi, all of the UK. The...
Data services group LexisNexis said Tuesday that personal information of 310,000 US citizens may have been stolen, significantly more than the 30,000 announced in March. An investigation by parent company Reed Elsevier found that company...