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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Padilla v. Hanft, Supreme Court of the United States, April 3, 2006 . Excerpt from Justice Anthony Kennedy's concurrence, in which Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice John Paul Stevens joined: Whatever the ultimate merits of the parties' mootness arguments, there are strong prudential considerations disfavoring the exercise of the Court's certiorari power. Even if [...]

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