USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, Congress of the United States, March 2, 2006 . Read the full text of the Act . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Prepared Remarks by US Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the International Institute for Strategic Studies London, England, March 7, 2006 . Read the full text of the speech. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Case of Evans v. The United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, March 7, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

In re Iraq and Afghanistan Detainees Litigation, Arkan Mohammed Ali, et al., v. Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense of the United States of America, Defendant's and the United States' Motion to Dismiss, March 6, 2006 . Read the full text of the motion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

A new report released Tuesday by the Pew Hispanic Center estimates that the total number of illegal immigrants in the US has risen to some 12 million, despite US government attempts to crack down on inflow. The US House of Representatives passed a controversial bill late last year to tighten border security, but the Pew [...]

Gordon Goldsmith : "Greetings from the Bayou and the ACORN team, consisting of Hannah Burke, Gordon Goldsmith, Robert Lionel Hawkins, Marni Richman and Pete Vitelli, all 2L and 3L law students from the University of Pittsburgh. ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is a national non-profit program designed to assist low-income families [...]

The US House of Representatives has approved renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act , sending the reauthorization bill to President Bush for his signature. The US Senate approved the USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2005 last week. Sixteen key provisions of the Patriot Act were set to expire at the end of [...]

The Netherlands cabinet is set to decide later this month whether to go forward with a ban against Muslim women wearing the niqab , the Muslim religious veil similar to a burqa that leaves only a woman's eyes visible. The specific idea was first floated in October. Last year the Dutch Parliament voted in favor [...]

The US House of Representatives Tuesday approved a bill to bolster anti-counterfeiting laws expected to prevent billions of dollars in losses to US manufacturers. The Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act , passed by the Senate last month, mandates the elimination of all equipment used to make counterfeit goods and strengthens laws which prohibit the [...]

Elizabeth Seitz : "The Student Hurricane Network (SHN) is a national association of law students dedicated to providing long-term assistance to communities impacted by Hurricane Katrina (www.studenthurricanenetwork.org). In December, SHN facilitated sending 240 students from about 50 schools to the Gulf coast region. While the first wave of students was volunteering their time, I received [...]