WTSP-TV 10 in Tampa is reporting that the chief judge in Pinellas Country has issued a temporary stay on the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube past 1 PM ET until Judge Greer can be located for a 1:15 PM hearing (rescheduled from 12:30 PM) on the effect of subpoenas issued in the case . [...]

In Friday's environmental law news, the Indonesia Supreme Court has ruled that the detention of five Newmont Mining Co. executives last year was legal. The officials had been held in jail without charge for over 30 days last September and October while police investigated complaints against the company for possible mercury pollution in the Buyat [...]

In eleventh-hour attempts to prevent the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube scheduled for 1 PM Friday, US congressional committees Friday morning called hearings and issued subpoenas that could procedurally delay the withdrawal. The Senate Health Committee chaired by Mike Enzi called Schiavo and her husband Michael to testify at a March 28 hearing on [...]

Robert and Mary Schindler v. Michael Schiavo, Emergency Stay of Enforcement of Judgment Below Pending Certiorari, filed in the Supreme Court of the United States, March 17, 2005. Excerpt: On February 25, 2005, the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Pinellas County, Florida, entered an order mandating the removal of nutrition and hydration from [...]

In an effort to counter opponents of this summer's scheduled pullout from the Gaza Strip , the Israeli government Friday banned new settlers from moving into the area. The ban came in the form of an Israeli army order "signed in accordance with the decision made by the political echelon and part of the preparations [...]

The US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday upheld a jury conviction of three nuns for defacing a missile silo with their own blood in 2002. The nuns, who allegedly cut a chain link fence at a military facility in northern Colorado to gain access to the silo, had been convicted of obstructing national defense [...]

The Zimbabwe Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Zimbabwean citizens living outside the country would not be permitted to participate in upcoming parliamentary elections. The ruling affects 3.4 million people representing over 20% of Zimbabwe's total population. The ruling does, however, allow diplomats and servicemen stationed abroad to vote. The appeal was brought by opponents of [...]

S 653, For the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo, passed by the US Senate March 17, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill .

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, March 18. The US Senate and US House are not in session today. They will resume session on Monday, March 21. At the UN, the Secretary-General's Representative for Burundi will give a brief on the latest developments in the [...]

HB 701, Artificially Provided Sustenance and Hydration, Florida House of Representatives, March 17, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.