Doe and Rabago v. Kamehameha Schools, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, August 2, 2005 [ruling that the Kamehameha Schools policy of only admitting native Hawaiians as students violated 42 USC 1981, which forbids racial discrimination in...

US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' responses to questions from the US Senate Judiciary Committee, published by the NY Times on August 2, 2005. Read part 1 and part 2 of the response. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...

US-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), signed into law by President Bush on August 2, 2005 [law ending tariffs against US products in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Honduras, and ensuring those countries duty-free access...

Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authority, 2004, US Department of Justice, released July 31, 2005 . Read the full text of the...

S. 397, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, passed by the US Senate on July 29, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill...

Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed by the US Senate on July 29, 2005 . Read the full text of...

Report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur to the United Nations Security-General, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, released on July 29, 2005 [criticizing the Sudanese government for its inaction in allowing sexual violence in the turbulent...

Report to the Secretary-General of the Commission of Experts to Review the Prosecution of Serious Violations of Human Rights in Timor-Leste (then East Timor) in 1999, United Nations, released July 27, 2005 [reporting that Indoeasian officials and gang leaders should...

Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative, submitted to the California Attorney General's office for title and summary on May 19, 2005, released by the California Attorney General to the public on July 25, 2005. Excerpt:The People of California have a...

Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of American v. U.S. Dep't of Agriculture, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, July 25, 2005 [ruling explaining its July 14 reversal of a ban on importing Canadian cattle enacted...