A 35-year-old computer engineer says he decided to sue over the government’s warrantless surveillance program because of the experiences of his father, a former short-wave radio enthusiast.
National security letters were improperly used in 2006 to spy on Americans and obtain private financial and communications data, Federal FBI Director William Mueller testified today before the Senate Judiciary…
Some 400 federal court orders reducing inmate sentences have been issued in the first two days since new rules took effect that eliminate a disparity in the penalties for powder…
Next month, a limited phase-in of newly revised international banking standards known as “Basel II,” after the Swiss city in which they were developed, is planned in the U.S. The…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a convicted taxpayer who claimed he owed no taxes on a distribution from his corporation because it had no earnings and…
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether the federal government can take land into trust for an Indian tribe, a move that could bar states from preventing the…
Weighing in on a contested plea bargain in a criminal case over a deadly 2005 explosion at a Texas City refinery owned by petroleum giant BP, the New Orleans-based 5th…
The president of the American Bar Association has written the president of the United States, expressing concern that six terrorism suspects detained at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay…
A Congressional committee has asked for a Department of Justice investigation of possible perjured testimony by Roger Clemens concerning his alleged use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.
One way to resolve the current mortgage meltdown is for lenders to work with borrowers and modify their home loans to make them affordable. This can be in the lender’s…
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