JURIST Special Guest Columnist Jonathan Freiman, one of the attorneys representing Jose Padilla on his habeas petition, says that the concurrence in the US Supreme Court's rejection of Padilla's certiorari petition stands as a warning to the government that when it comes to imprisoning US citizens without charge or trial, its time may be running [...]

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JURIST Guest Columnists Amy Ross of the University of Georgia Department of Geography and Chandra Lekha Sriram, Chair of Human Rights at the University of East London School of Law (UK), say that the debate over where to try ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor for crimes against humanity and war crimes raises critical questions of justice [...]

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US District Court Judge George Steeh has struck down a Michigan law prohibiting the sale of certain violent video games to minors, ruling that the law is unconstitutionally vague . The law was signed by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm last September but the Michigan Retailers Association, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), and the Video Software [...]

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Moussaoui trial verdict, US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, April 3, 2006 . See a court-redacted copy of the verdict form on counts 1, 3 and 4 (conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, conspiracy to destroy aircraft, and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction). Reported in JURIST's Paper [...]

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The Netherlands should adopt immigration laws similar to those in Australia – widely considered the most stringent in the industrialized world and sometimes harshly criticized – Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said Monday during an official visit to Canberra. Balkenende said immigrants who seek to enter his country, like those who enter Australia, should [...]

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The US Department of Defense Monday released 2,600 pages of case review documents pertaining to Guantanamo Bay prisoners, finally making public the names of all 490 prisoners currently held at the facility after disclosing the identities of more then 300 last month. The documents consist of Administrative Review Board (ARB) summaries for hearings held after [...]

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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has held that the US adhered to international trade rules in setting softwood lumber tariffs against Canada . A WTO panel publicly released a report Monday that was originally disclosed to the parties in February. Canada had claimed that the US had violated the WTO's Anti-Dumping Agreement , which allows [...]

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