Defense Directive 3115.09, US Department of Defense, November 8, 2005.. Read the full text of the directive here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Texas media are reporting that by a wide margin state voters have approved Proposition 2 , a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. The ban was strongly supported by...

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was denied release from jail in Chile Tuesday pending a hearing on his extradition to face 21 Peruvian charges of corruption and human rights abuses during his presidency....

The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in Georgia v. Randolph on whether police may search a home when one resident gives permission but the other...

A court in Mannheim has begun trial proceedings against neo-Nazi Ernst Zundel , a German citizen charged in connection with denying the Holocaust in publications and a website . Holocaust denial constitutes a crime under...

The office of Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti announced Tuesday that it is investigating the possibility of legal action against the companies that designed and constructed the levee systems that led to the flooding of large portions...

In meetings with US senators on Tuesday, US Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito said that the Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing women the right to an abortion was...

Leading Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will propose regulations for remodeling or renovating a home with lead-based paint by the end of the year. A federal law had been...

Italian state TV RAI Tuesday aired a documentary accusing the United States of using the chemical white phosphorus against both insurgents and civilians during a military assault on the insurgent-controlled city of Fallujah...

US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Tuesday called for a Congressional investigation into who leaked information on secret Central Intelligence Agency prison facilities in Eastern Europe rumored...