US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday that the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program "without congressional intervention or judicial intervention is just plain wrong." In an interview with the Associated Press, Specter said he was not hopeful the White House would listen to members of Congress who want [...]

The UN Commission on Human Rights was formally abolished Wednesday by a resolution of the UN Economic and Social Council adopted without a formal vote. The resolution calls for the completion of the commission's currently-suspended sixty-second session and the final shutdown of the organization on June 16, when it will be replaced by the new [...]

R v. Headteacher and Governors of Denbigh High School, UK House of Lords, March 22, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Georgia v. Randolph, Supreme Court of the United States, March 22, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Public Citizen v. Clerk, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, March 22, 2006 . Read the full text of the complaint . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced the indictment of 50 leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) , the country’s largest guerilla group, on narcotics and other charges. Noting that FARC produces half of the cocaine in the world and 60 percent of the US supply, the indictment accuses FARC of [...]

Three Samsung executives agreed to plead guilty Wednesday for conspiring to drive up the prices in the market for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips. The three South Koreans will serve jail sentences between seven and eight months and pay fines of $250,000. The pleas await approval from a federal judge in San Francisco. The [...]

Prosecutors argued in front of the Texas Third Court of Appeals Wednesday for reinstatement of criminal conspiracy charges dropped against indicted US Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) . In December 2005, Senior District Judge Pat Priest ruled that the former majority leader could not be tried for conspiracy to violate the state election code for his [...]

Report of the UN Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 6 of Resolution 1644 (2005) , March 21, 2006. Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here .

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on whether a federal immigration law authorizing deportation can be applied to illegal immigrants who entered the country before its enactment. The case, Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales , 04-1376, involves Mexican immigrant Humberto Fernandez-Vargas, who entered the US in the 1970s and after several deportations lived in the [...]