Supreme Court rules in federally mandated ICJ compliance, arbitration review cases
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in two cases Tuesday, including Medellin v. Texas , where the Court ruled that President Bush does not have the authority to...
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi urged all nations to institute a moratorium on capital punishment in an address delivered to the UN General Assembly Tuesday. Prodi said that such action would mark great progress in...
Hundreds of Italian prison inmates have sent a letter to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano asking him to restore the country's death penalty. More than 300 of the 1,300 prisoners serving life sentences...
Apple Inc. and Apple Corps Ltd. , the record label owned by the Beatles and their families, announced Monday they have reached a new compromise that replaces their 1991 trademark agreement and resolves...
Lobbyist Jack Abramoff on Wednesday began serving his six-year prison sentence on fraud and conspiracy charges. Abramoff will serve his sentence at a minimum-security facility in Cumberland, MD, a location close to the Washington, DC prosecutors...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the consolidated cases of Gonzales v. Carhart , 05-380, and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood [Duke...
Court upholds presidential regulation of foreign financial transactions involving US
The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday upheld the constitutional authority of the US president to regulate financial transactions with foreign countries involving the United States. The court rejected a claim by a...
Supreme Court to hear second 'partial birth' abortion ban case
The US Supreme Court on Monday announced it would hear a second case challenging the constitutionality of the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 . The court granted certiorari in Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood...
Rwanda president considering clemency for ex-president jailed on incitement charges
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Monday that he is considering granting clemency to former President Pasteur Bizimungu , who is serving a 15-year prison sentence for inciting violence, embezzlement, and associating with criminals after...
Environmental brief ~ US FWS proposes pulling bald eagle from endangered list
Leading Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened the public comment period on its original 1999 proposal to remove the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) from the federal...
