ACLU v. National Security Agency, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, January 17, 2006 . Read the full text of the complaint . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

A US District Court judge ruled Tuesday that David Wittig , former CEO of Westar Energy has violated the terms of his release from prison and will be immediately returned to detention. Wittig, who was found guilty on 39 counts of corporate fraud last September, was allowed to postpone his 51-month sentence until his attorneys [...]

The 5-member US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously Tuesday to support an overhaul of its rules governing how executive compensation packages are disclosed to investors, a top priority of Chairman Christopher Cox since he assumed leadership of the regulatory body last August. Read Cox's Tuesday remarks unveiling the proposal. The proposed rules require [...]

Gonzales v. Oregon, Supreme Court of the United States, January 17, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Election Commission , where the court will decide whether the federal Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002 , popularly known as the McCain-Feingold law, violates First Amendment free speech rights where it bans corporate and union sponsorship of [...]

Turkish Justice Minister Cemil Cicek requested Tuesday that a court return Mehmet Ali Agca , the man who shot Pope John Paul II , to prison for at least 11 more months. Agca had escaped from prison where he was serving a 36-year sentence for murdering Turkish journalist Abdi Ipekci when he shot the Pope [...]

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL) on Tuesday introduced a proposal which will restrict the gifts Congressmen may receive from lobbyists. The ethics reform plan is in response to the recent ethics scandal involving lobbyist Jack Abramoff and Congressman Tom Delay . The legislative package, which was expected includes the banning [...]

The UK Terrorism Bill proposal , introduced following last year's July 7 London bombings, suffered two defeats Tuesday in the House of Lords as peers voted against introducing a "glorification" of terrorism offense and called for more safeguards for provisions that would outlaw the spreading of terrorist publications. Prime Minister Tony Blair has already faced [...]

The British government Tuesday denied allegations that a government memo documenting a conversation between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and President George Bush included a suggestion to bomb the Aljazeera headquarters, after the news agency hired a law firm to put pressure on the British government to release the memo. The request was made under [...]

A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the failed London bombing attempts on July 21, 2005 after police searched two residential buildings and one place of business. The 27-year old was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism under the UK Terrorism Act of 2000 . He [...]