California v. Dunn, Superior Court of California, October 4, 2006 [California Attorney General's criminal complaint charging Patricia Dunn, former Hewlett-Packard chairperson, with the felonies of using false or fraudulent pretenses to obtain confidential information from a public entity, unauthorized access...

ACLU v. NSA, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, October 4, 2006 . Read the full text...

Petition for writ of habeas corpus, Center for Constitutional Rights, October 3, 2006 [calling for the release of 25 detainees held by the US at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan and for permission for them to meet with lawyers, challenging the...

Iran Freedom Support Act, HR 6198, signed into law by President George W. Bush, October 1, 2006 . Read the full text...

Secure Fence Act of 2006, HR 6061, passed by the US Senate, September 30, 2006 . Read the full text of the bill . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, California State Assembly, signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, September 27, 2006 . Read the full text of the bill. Reported in...

An Act of Vengeance, B'Tselem, The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, September 27, 2006 [concluding that the June 28 bombing by Israeli forces of a power plant in the Gaza Strip amounts to a war...

Schwab v. Philip Morris, US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, September 25, 2006 [certifying a class action lawsuit for "light" cigarette smokers against tobacco companies accused of leading smokers to believe that light cigarettes are healthier...

US v. Lane, US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, September 22, 2006 [ruling that US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) cannot serve concurrently as both a senator and a military judge because it violates the US Constitution's separation of...

US v. Libby, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, September 21, 2006 [ruling that all evidence relevent to the CIA leak case against vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, including classified evidence, should be considered for admission,...