An unnamed lieutenant in the US Navy special forces SEALs begins his court-martial Monday on charges of assault, dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming an officer stemming from the treatment of Iraqi prisoner Manadel al-Jamadi , whose dead ice-packed body appeared in a number of Abu Ghraib photos last year. Al-Jamadi was captured by SEALs [...]

Over 200 protestors were arrested in Nepal Sunday as two political activist groups held a national "Civil Disobedience Day" to protest the royal assumption of governmental power on February 1. The Nepali Congress and the Human Rights and Peace Society of Nepal organized the protest to occur in all the major districts throughout Nepal. The [...]

President Bush early Monday morning signed legislation passed by the US Senate and then the House that would allow the federal courts to review the case of brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo , whose feeding tube was removed under a court order Friday. The President said in a statement :In cases like this one, where [...]

After over three hours of debate ending after midnight Monday morning, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow a federal judge to conduct a de novo review of the Terri Schiavo case to determine whether the withholding of food, water or medical treatment necessary to sustain her life violates the US [...]

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, March 21. The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases today beginning at 10 AM ET. In the first case, Castle Rock v. Gonzales , 04-278, the Court will review the 10th Circuit's decision to allow [...]

House Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner has risen in the US House of Representatives to begin an extraordinary Sunday night pre-Easter recess debate on S. 686, a bill passed earlier this afternoon by the Senate that would permit a federal judge to conduct a de novo review of Terri Schiavo's case at the behest of [...]

S. 686, For the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo, passed by the US Senate March 20, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill .

Larry Ribstein, University of Illinois College of Law: "Schiavo is about abortion, at least that much is obvious. Terri Schiavo is a "fetus" tethered by life-giving machines rather than to her mother. There's speculation about whether she shows signs of life. Portraying the "fetus" as an adult lying on a bed outside of the womb [...]

Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law: "So much one could say about the entire Schiavo mess; How can the GOP support this anti-federalist measure without any hint of shame? How can the same GOP that says federal power should be seen through he lens of a limited Commerce Clause and shrunken 14th Amendment [...]

The US Senate has passed legislation to move the Terri Schiavo case into the federal courts. The House is expected to reconvene and vote on the bill later today. 5:10 PM – A transcript of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's floor statement in support of the bill is now available:There has been a lot of [...]