In what is expected to be the very last high court appeal by the parents of Terri Schiavo , the US Supreme Court late Wednesday rejected another petition to have Schiavo's feeding tube...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, March 31.The US Senate and US House are in recess until April 4.The American Society of International Law is hosting a...

Mahmoad Abdah, et al. v. Bush, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Henry Kennedy, March 29, 2005 [ordering the military to give detainees' lawyers 30 days' notice before transferring a detainee from Guantanamo Bay to...

Schiavo, et al. v. Schiavo, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, March 30, 2005 [order denying Bob and Mary Schindler's request for a new hearing en banc on whether a feeding tube for their brain-damaged daughter Terri...

Rhines v. Weber, Supreme Court of the United States, March 30, 2005 [ruling that a federal district court has discretion to stay (rather than being compelled to dismiss) a habeas corpus petition which includes exhausted and unexhausted claims, in order...

Exxon Mobil v. Saudi Basic Industries, Supreme Court of the United States, March 30, 2005 [ruling that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, which prevents lower federal courts from sitting in direct review of state court decisions, is confined to cases brought by...

Smith v. City of Jackson, Supreme Court of the United States, March 30, 2005 . Read...

The Connecticut House of Representatives on Wednesday voted down legislation that would have eliminated the death penalty in the state. Legislators opposed the bill by a 89-60 margin as the state's first execution in 45 years...

The UN Security Council vote on whether to refer war crimes in the Darfur region of Sudan has been delayed after a US request, UN representatives said Wednesday. A vote had been expected on a French resolution that would...

The Massachusetts Senate Wednesday approved by an overwhelming margin a bill to loosen restrictions on scientists conducting stem cell research. The measure, which would allow cloning of embryos from which stem cells can be extracted for research,...