The National Center for State Courts has asked Congress to earmark 1-3 percent of new homeland security grants to states for use in improving security at courthouses. The request comes in the wake of recent incidents...

The lower house of the Spanish Parliament has approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriages, a measure sponsored by Spain's ruling Socialist Party. The bill, passed Thursday, now moves to the Senate [official website, in...

AP is reporting that the Virginia Supreme Court has affirmed the death penalty for DC sniper John Allen Muhammad.9:47 AM ET - Review the 138-page opinion . Three justices issued a partial dissent....

One day after a Michigan probate court ordered Yahoo! to release the contents of an e-mail account belonging to deceased Marine Justin Ellsworth , the company complied Thursday by delivering a CD of the private documents...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, April 22.The US Senate convenes at 9:30 AM ET today. Watch a live webcast of the session.The US House ...

HR 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed by the United States House of Representatives on April 21, 2005 [allowing oil drilling in the Alaska Arctic National Widlife Refuge as well as calling for $8.1 billion in tax breaks to...

In re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Products Liability Litigation, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Shira Scheindlin, April 21, 2005 [ruling that some 80 lawsuits can proceed against oil companies claiming that a...

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) , ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, has called for a congressional investigation of the role played by US intelligence officials in prisoner abuse scandals in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, citing...

The US House of Representatives passed a Republican-backed energy bill late Thursday aimed at increasing domestic production, including provisions that would permit drilling in the Alaska wildlife refuge and protect the manufacturer of gasoline additive MTBE...

US military spokespersons issued statements Thursday clarifying proposed changes to the military’s policy on consensual sodomy, refuting earlier interpretations by rights groups that the amendments would decriminalize consensual sodomy among members of the armed forces. Pentagon officials...