Medellin v. Dretke, Supreme Court of the United States, Per Curiam, May 23, 2005 [dismissing an appeal by a Mexican citizen on death row in Texas that he an others like him should have their sentences overturned because they were...

Deck v. Missouri, Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Breyer, May 23, 2005 . Excerpt:Given the presence of similarly weighty considerations, we must conclude...

Testimony of the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow, Senate Judiciary Committee, May 18, 2005 . Excerpt:I am...

Report on oil allocations granted to Vladimir Zhirinovsky, US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Comittee, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, May 16, 2005 [reporting that Saddam Hussein's government provided Russian officials with millions of dollars in oil rights under the...

Granholm, et al. v. Heald, et al., Supreme Court of the United States, May 16, 2005 . Excerpt from the majority opinion by Justice...

Lambeth, et al. v. The Board of Commissioners of Davidson County, North Carolina, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Circuit Judge King, May 13, 2005 [ruling that the inscription "In God We Trust" above the doorway of...

Santiago v. Rumsfeld, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, May 13, 2005 [upholding the US military's power to issue emergency stop-loss orders to keep soldiers on active duty beyond the time set in their service...

Muhammad v. Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Supreme Court, Justice Lemons, April 22, 2005 . Excerpt:If society's ultimate penalty should be reserved for the most heinous offenses, accompanied by proof of vileness...

District of Columbia v. Beretta, U.S.A., Corp., et al.; Lawson, et al. v. Beretta, U.S.A., Corp., et al., District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Associate Judge Farrell, April 21, 2005 [allowing individuals, but not the government, to sue gun manufacturers...

HR 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed by the United States House of Representatives on April 21, 2005 [allowing oil drilling in the Alaska Arctic National Widlife Refuge as well as calling for $8.1 billion in tax breaks to...