The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts , heard oral arguments Thursday on the issue of whether same-sex couples from out-of-state can marry in Massachusetts, the first state to legalize same-sex marriage . The court is deciding whether a 1913 law , which prohibits out-of-state couples from marrying in Massachusetts if their home states do not [...]

AP is reporting that presidential adviser Karl Rove has agreed to provide additional testimony in the investigation into how CIA officer Valerie Plame's name was leaked. Rove will testify before a grand jury without a guarantee that he won't be indicted later. AP has more.

Former Bosnian President Ante Jelavic , who unsuccessfully tried to establish an autonomous Croat state within Bosnia, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years for embezzling money from a bank set up by Croat nationalists to fund the mini-state. Released on bail in September, Jelavic has not appeared in court and an international warrant has been [...]

Mikey Weinstein, a graduate of the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) filed a lawsuit in federal court on Thursday claiming senior academy officials illegally forced Christianity upon him. Weinstein, who is Jewish, said the USAFA violated cadets' right to worship as they choose. Specifically, his complaint maintains that Christians at the Academy coerced his attendance [...]

Former Russian atomic energy minister Yevgeny Adamov intends to appeal a Swiss court ruling to extradite him to the United States, a spokesman for the Swiss Federal Justice Department said Thursday. Last week, a Swiss court ruled that the United States has priority in taking custody of Adamov, who is wanted in the US for [...]

The United Kingdom's Department for Constitutional Affairs has said it will review rules preventing prisoners from voting in British elections, after a European court upheld an earlier decision that determined that the rules violate prisoners' human rights. The case leading to the department's review was filed by John Hirst, who had been sentenced to life [...]

The Supreme Court in Indonesia Wednesday ordered that courts should not imprison journalists found guilty in criminal press dispute cases, but should instead impose fines against them. Indonesian Chief Justice Bagir Manan said in a statement that punishment in press disputes "must not in anyway interfere with media activities," during a recent meeting attended by [...]

President Bush's former top procurement official was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on five felony counts, including making false statements and obstructing investigations into Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The charges against David Safavian relate to an investigation by the Senate and executive branch into whether he assisted Abramoff in his attempts to take [...]

Human rights groups Amnesty International and Reprieve have sent a joint letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair , asking him to pressure the US government to consider the demands of hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay . Over 200 detainees are still on a hunger strike, which entered its 56th day Thursday, and military officials [...]

HR 2863 Amendment No. 1977, Relating to persons under the detention, custody and control of the United States government. Presented by Senator John McCain, September 29 2005; passed by the US Senate October 5, 2005 . Read the full text of the amendment . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.