Ethics in Washington, et al., v. Richard B. Cheney, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 19, 2009 [granting summary judgment and ruling that Vice President Dick Cheney has broad discretion over which vice presidential records...

Mexico v. United States of America, International Court of Justice, January 19, 2009 . Read the full text of the judgment ....

In Re: Directives * Pursuant to Section 105B of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, August 22, 2008 ....

Common Cause/Georgia, et al., v. NAACP, Eugene Taylor, and Bertha Barrett Young, US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, January 14, 2009 . Read the full...

Herring v. United States, Supreme Court of the United States, January 14, 2009 [ruling that evidence seized during a search incident to an arrest does not have to be suppressed when the sole premise for the arrest was information negligently...

Mohammed El Gharani v. George W. Bush, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 14, 2009 [ruling that the government had failed to establish by a preponderance of evidence that Guantanamo detainee Mohammed El Gharani was...

Chambers v. United States, US Supreme Court, January 13, 2009 . Read the full text...

National Director of Public Prosecutions and Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, January 12, 2009 . Read the full text of the judgment . Reported in JURIST's...

Matter of Enrique Salas Compean, Matter of Sylla Bangaly, Matter of J-E-C, et al., US Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, January 7, 2009 [ruling that aliens may no longer challenge deportation hearings based on ineffective assistance of...

United States of America v. Graydon Earl Comstock, Jr., US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, January 08, 2009 [ruling that Congress acted beyond its authority when it passed legislation authorizing indefinite civil commitments of "sexually dangerous" offenders beyond...