As new hearings are about to begin Monday in the case of some 464 children of a fundamentalist religious sect removed from their communal ranch homes over allegations of sexual…
Justice John Paul Stevens, appointed by a Republican, is regarded as one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s liberals. But he joined with conservatives in three of the court’s most recent…
In a decision backing the power of lawyers to make tactical decisions for their clients, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a defendant’s lawyer in a criminal case may…
Many federal appeals judges appointed by President Ronald Reagan are now at the height of their power, issuing conservative opinions on hot-button issues like affirmative action, so-called partial-birth abortions and…
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to turn over to him for in camera review by Monday a secret memorandum described by the American Civil Liberties Union as…
A military judge has sided with the defense in pretrial proceedings in the the controversial terrorism case of a Canadian suspect captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan at age 15.
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