Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007 [reversing the Seven Circuit's ruling that taxpayers have standing to challenge a faith-based program created by a Presidential executive order, and holding that taxpayers do not have standing...
Morse v. Frederick, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007 [reversing the Ninth Circuit's ruling that a principal unreasonably restricted a student's right to free speech, holding that the First Amendment does not require schools to tolerate at school events student...
The Poisoned Chalice: A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper on the Decision of the Iraqi High Tribunal in the Dujail Case, Human Rights Watch, June 22, 2007 [finding that the Iraqi High Tribunal's judgment in the Dujail case contained serious...
Statement on the prison population delivered to UK House of Lords, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, June 19, 2007 .The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Lord Falconer of...
Brendlin v. California, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2007 . Read the Court's unanimous opinion per Justice...
Credit Suisse First Boston v. Billing, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2007 [holding that federal antitrust laws do not apply to a case where investors are filing a class action lawsuit against underwriters and institutional investors for their alleged manipulation...
Permanent Mission v. New York, NY, US Supreme Court, June 14, 2007 . Read the Court's opinion per Justice Thomas,...
Davenport v. Washington Education Association and Washington v. Washington Education Association, US Supreme Court, June 14, 2007 [holding that states do not violate the First Amendment by requiring labor unions to obtain affirmative authorization from non-union workers before using their...
The Status of Muslim Civil Rights in the United States 2007, Council on American-Islamic Relations, June 14, 2007 . Read the full text of the...
Javaid Iqbal v. Dennis Hasty, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, June 14, 2007 [holding that a former detainee allegedly arrested "solely because of race, religion, and national origin" and subjected to mistreatment can proceed with...