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The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal in Lawrence v. Florida , concerning a challenge to rules surrounding the one-year filing deadline for making habeas corpus claims in federal court....

JURIST Guest Columnist Brian Foley of Florida Coastal School of Law says that while senators are likely to query Judge Samuel Alito this week about his views on executive power, they themselves have dangerously indulged it without setting clear limitations,...

Iraqi National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie has said that he wants to see the re-arrest of Saddam Hussein's former top weapons aides after the US military confirmed the release from custody of 14 more high-ranking...

At least 24 former officials from the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein have been released from jail, an Iraqi lawyer said Monday. The former officials released include Rihab Taha , the biological weapons expert...

The Bush Administration Thursday asked the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate the US Defense Department's mandatory anthrax vaccination program . The anthrax vaccine is currently labeled for use by individuals who are at high risk...

A Maryland employee of the National Institutes of Health has been charged under the Terrorism Prevention Act with spreading false information and making a hoax for threatening a tax assessment board with anthrax. Michelle Ledgister,...

Doe. v. Rumsfeld, US District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Emmet Sullivan, April 6, 2005 . Read the full...

US District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan Wednesday ruled that the Department of Defense (DOD) can give troops anthrax vaccinations on a voluntary basis. The ruling comes after Sullivan halted mandatory shots last October [JURIST...

Jeff Cooper, Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis:"According to John Ashcroft, "he objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved,". Well, I feel better.Actually, I do feel better knowing that Ashcroft will shortly be...

Doe v. Rumsfeld, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Emmet Sullivan, October 27, 2004 [ordering the Defense Department to suspend its Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program providing mandatory anthrax vaccinations for troops because the vaccine did not...