Kay Staley v. Harris County, Texas, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, August 15, 2006 [ruling that a Bible included in a monument in front of a Harris County, Texas, civil courthouse promotes Christianity and thereby violates...

An Act to preserve the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California, by providing for the immediate acquisition of the memorial by the United States, signed by President George W. Bush, August 14, 2006 [transfering ownership to the federal...

Public Citizen v. Clerk, United States District Court for the District of Columbia; United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge John D. Bates, August 11, 2006 [dismissing a lawsuit arguing that a $39 billion deficit-reduction bill passed...

A former Iraqi Minister of Electricity was named Saturday as one of a number of former and current officials charged with corruption by Iraq's Commission on Public Integrity or ordered to appear...

Resolution 1701, August 11, 2006 [calling for a full cessation of hostilities, "in particular, the immediate cessation by Hizbollah of all attacks and the immediate cessation by Israel of all offensive military operations", and authorizing the establishment of an expanded...

Brendan MacWade et al. v. Raymond Kelly et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, August 11, 2006 . Read the full text of...

Resolution on the grave situation of human rights in Lebanon caused by Israeli military operations, UN Human Rights Council, August 11, 2006 [condemning Israel for violating international human rights laws in the ongoing Middle East conflict involving Lebanon and calling...

Abandoned and Abused: Orleans Parish Prisoners in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, American Civil Liberties Union, August 2006 . Read the...

Deepening Crisis in Darfur Two Months After the Peace Agreement: An Assessment, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 10, 2006 [concluding that the human rights situation continues to deteriorate in some parts of Darfur despite the Darfur Peace Agreement...

US v. Campa, United States Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit, August 9, 2006 . Read the...