Supreme Court rules for state in racial minority voting rights case
The US Supreme Court decided four cases Monday. The Court ruled 5-4 in Bartlett v. Strickland that a racial minority group that comprises less than 50 percent...
Supreme Court rules for state in racial minority voting rights case
The US Supreme Court decided four cases Monday. The Court ruled 5-4 in Bartlett v. Strickland that a racial minority group that comprises less than 50 percent...
A Moroccan court on Friday sentenced Hicham Ahmidan to 10 years in prison for his role in the 2004 Madrid train bombings , which killed almost 200 people. Ahmidan, who was...
Supreme Court hears fee assignment, collective bargaining cases
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Kansas v. Colorado , the Court heard arguments on whether the Supreme Court must abide...
Sixth Circuit allows clergy sex abuse class action against Vatican to proceed
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court decision denying in part defendant's motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging that officials of the Roman Catholic Church...
Sharing a SOFA With Iraq: Towards a Status of Forces Agreement
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI, says that a viable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework Agreement between the US and Iraq governing future US troop presence in the country...
New ICTY prosecutor vows to try all war crimes suspects before mandate expires
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will complete its caseload before its mandate expires in 2010, Serge Brammertz promised in his first address before the UN...
Padilla trial highlights Bush Administration's manipulation of justice
Paul Craig Roberts : "The George W. Bush administration responded to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon with an assault...
Spain court facing 25 appeals in Madrid train bombings cases
Spain's highest court of appeal said Thursday that 25 appeals have been filed against verdicts handed down against convicted participants in the 2004 Madrid train bombings , both from defendants and from victims, and that it expects...
US envoy presses Iraq to pass laws aiding 'political reconciliation'
US Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte said Sunday at a news conference in Baghdad that Iraqi lawmakers must take advantage of what he called the "significant results" of the recent security surge and enact laws...
San Diego diocese weighs bankruptcy in face of clergy abuse lawsuits
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said in letter to parishioners Sunday that it will consider declaring bankruptcy in light of the more than 140 pending lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by priests. Signed by...