Padilla v. Hanft, United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Charleston Division, Judge Henry F. Floyd, February 28, 2005 [granting motion for a writ of habeas corpus. giving the Bush administration 45 days to either charge the...

County Reports on Human Rights Practices, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, February 28, 2005 [delivering sharp criticisms of rights situations in US Middle Eastern allies Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt. The document also censuring China, Russia and the...

Financial Costs and Loss of Critical Skills Due to DOD's Homosexual Conduct Policy Cannot be Completely Estimated, Government Accountability Office , February 23, 2005 [report indicating that the policy has hurt recruiting and retention as the war in Iraq has...

Ward v. Utah, United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, Chief Circuit Judge Deanell Reece Tacha, February 23, 2005 [upholding the constitutionality of Utah's so-called "hate crimes" statute. Plaintiff-Appellant Eric Ward burned a mink stole as part of...

Joint Committee on Human Rights — Ninth Report, UK Parliament, February 25, 2005 . Read the full text of the...

New York Times Co. v. Gonzales, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Robert Sweet, February 24, 2005 [ruling that the New York Times can protect the confidentiality of its reporters' sources under the First...

Task Force on No Child Left Behind: Final Report, National Conference of State Legislatures , February 2005 ....

Johnson v. California, Supreme Court of the United States, February 23, 2005 . Excerpt from the majority opinion by Justice O'Connor:The fact that strict...

Iraq: Decades of Suffering, Amnesty International, February 22, 2005 . Excerpt:Women and girls in Iraq live in fear of violence...

Smith v. Massachusetts, Supreme Court of the United States, February 22, 2005 . Excerpt from the majority opinion by Justice Scalia:The Double...