There will be no announcements in the investigation into the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity until Friday, a spokesperson for Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald said Thursday. The White House is waiting for news on...
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The Supreme Court of China Thursday confirmed its plan to remove the authority from lower courts to review death sentences , which is expected to decrease the number of execution sentences currently given and...
Jose Padilla has filed an appeal with the US Supreme Court, asking the Court to place limits on the government's ability to hold him and other terror suspects indefinitely without...
The Constitutional Court in Malawi Wednesday issued a temporary injunction delaying impeachment proceedings by parliament against Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika until the court has the opportunity to review parliamentary guidelines regarding...
US Representative Tom DeLay has informed US House of Representative officials that he neglected to disclose all contributions made to his legal defense fund as mandated by congressional rules. DeLay told House officials that...
US officials and members of the Iraqi government have mismanaged $24 million in reconstruction grants made by the US in 2004, and fraudulent activities may have occurred in some of the cases, according to a report released...
AP is reporting that US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination.9:15 AM ET - In a letter to President Bush Thursday, Miers withdrew her nomination , expressing concern that the confirmation...
Letter from Harriet Miers to George W. Bush, October 27, 2005 . Excerpt:As you know, members of the Senate have indicated their intention to seek documents about my service in the White...
Revisiting Proposals to Split the Ninth Circuit: An Inevitable Solution to a Growing Problem, US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing testimony, October 26, 2005. Read the full text of witnesses' prepared statements. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
Republican senators continued a long-running effort to build support for breaking up the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into two circuits during a US Senate Judiciary Committee subcommitee hearing [witness list and...
