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The Obama administration will not jeopardize Americans' safety by releasing dangerous Guantanamo prisoners into their communities, Attorney General Eric Holder promised Thursday.
President Barack Obama's choice for a federal appeals court judge came in for rough questioning Wednesday by a Democratic senator over the judge's former affiliation with an advocacy group.
President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated a federal judge from Maryland and another from New York to serve on U.S. appeals courts, moving to change the political balance of both courts.
Sen. Edward Kennedy said Friday he is stepping down from his Senate Judiciary Committee post to focus on achieving a breakthrough on health care reform. The Massachusetts Democrat said he was hopeful of achieving progress with President-elect Barack Obama taking over the White House. Kennedy, who is fighting a malignant brain tumor, chairs the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and was a strong Obama backer during the 2008 campaign.
Toyota shareholders sue over fallen stock priceToyota shareholders incensed over a sudden drop in the Japanese automaker's stock price are heading to court.
Toyota shareholders sue over fallen stock priceToyota shareholders incensed over a sudden drop in the Japanese automaker's stock price are heading to court with lawsuits claiming company executives deliberately misled investors and the public about the depth of accelerator problems in millions of its vehicles.
The Dawn Blog - Wake up, PunjabAnother bomb attack in Lahore. What to expect from the PMLN government in the Punjab? Lip service condemning terrorism, of course. But, as usual, keeping in mind the Punjab government's past record, the condemnation will be general and vague.
Judge rejects ground zero settlementA federal judge rejects a multimillion-dollar legal settlement for people sickened by dust from the World Trade Center, saying U.S. the deal doesn't include enough money for the workers.
Judge Marries Woman To Suspected AbuserBALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. -- The 11 News I-Team has uncovered a decision by a judge to marry a suspected abuser and his fiancee on the same day he was supposed to hear a criminal complaint against the man in court.
Ga. court upholds key medical malpractice lawA sharply divided Georgia Supreme Court on Monday upheld a key part of a sweeping 2005 law that made it more difficult for patients to win medical malpractice cases involving emergency health care providers.
Obama chooses 1st young appeals court nomineeThirteen months into his presidency, Barack Obama finally gave liberal supporters the kind of judicial nominee they had sought and conservatives feared.
Appeals court upholds conviction in Miss. killingsA federal appeals court has upheld the 2007 conviction of a reputed Ku Klux Klan member in the kidnapping of two black men who were abducted and killed in rural Mississippi in 1964.
Despite brashness, Bunning still a hero in Ky.Irascible Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning has been a pariah among his congressional colleagues. Back in the conservative swath of northern Kentucky he calls home, though, he's being heralded as a hero.
Purple People challenge BerlusconiThink of a world of politics without spin doctors, teleprompters, stage-managed conferences, party headquarters, manifestos, cynicism or even leaders. One does exist. It is the world of the Purple People.
Court says thimerosal did not cause autismThe vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.
Lawyers urge WTC workers to take settlementLawyers and city officials expressed confidence Friday that they can get ground zero responders to sign on to a settlement that would pay up to $657 million to workers who developed health problems after toiling in the ruins of the World Trade Center.
Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, CablevisionA federal court has upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make channels they own available to satellite TV providers and other rivals on equal terms.
NYC to pay up to $657M to settle WTC health casesAfter years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Cente …
Federal court says Nevada can limit brothel adsA federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a Nevada law that bars legal brothels that operate in some of the state's rural areas from advertising by newspaper, leaflets and billboards in Las Vegas, Reno and other places where prostitution is illegal.
Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of AllegianceA federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.
House votes to impeach US judge from LouisianaThe House voted unanimously Thursday to impeach a U.S. district judge from Louisiana, who lawmakers said avoided likely criminal charges related to alleged payoffs in part because the statute of limitations expired.
Drug arrests latest problem for R.I. police forceAfter three Providence police officers were arrested last week in a cocaine-peddling sting, Chief Dean Esserman called it a "hard day" for the department.
Ex-Detroit councilwoman gets 37 months for briberyA former Detroit city councilwoman was sentenced to more than three years in prison Wednesday for bribery after a federal judge refused to set aside her guilty plea during a stormy court hearing dominated by a dispute over evidence of other payoffs.
Wife of Rep. Conyers gets 3 years for bribesA federal judge has denied ex-Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers' request to withdraw her guilty plea in a corruption case and sentenced her to three years and one month in prison.
Chief justice: State of Union scene 'troubling'U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has "degenerated into a political pep rally."
Class-action suits may cost Toyota billionsToyota owners claiming that recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the auto giant billions.
Girls Gone Wild associate fined $5,000; no prisonA Hollywood associate of Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis was fined $5,000 Monday but spared prison time for his role as the "bag man" in the bribery of jail guards to help Francis when he was held in Reno on tax evasion charges in 2007.
Court to rule in military funeral protest caseThe Supreme Court is entering a dispute between the grieving father of a Marine who died in Iraq and the anti-gay protesters who picket military funerals with messages like "Thank God for dead soldiers."
Haiti quake opens window on dismal prisonsMore than 5,000 prisoners who fled their cells after January's devastating earthquake are now being rounded up and returned to a system notorious for appalling conditions and delays.
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