The U.S. Justice Department has rejected the South Carolina voter ID law, calling it discriminatory, citing concerns about the law's effect on African-American voters.
The Colbert Nation Super PAC Presidential Primary -- can you picture it in big, bold neon letters?
Jerome Isaac, the man accused of torching a woman in a Brooklyn elevator, has been ordered to undergo psychiatric help. Supreme Court Justice Desmond Green granted the request for psychiatric examination that was made by the lawyer defending Isaac.
Pakistan's powerful military pledged on Friday to continue supporting democracy, reiterating it was not planning a takeover as tensions grew over a controversial memo alleging an army plot to seize power.
Pakistan's powerful military pledged Friday to continue supporting democracy, reiterating it was not planning a takeover as tensions grew over a controversial memo alleging an army plot to seize power.
Pakistan's powerful military and civilian leaders are headed for a showdown over a memo that accused the country's generals of plotting a coup, newspaper editorials predicted Friday.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the federal government's plan to create a single, national securities regulator, forcing Ottawa to rethink its campaign to replace the current patchwork of provincial watchdogs and regulations.
Will Citizens United doom New York City's tough campaign finance laws at the U.S. Supreme Court?
Canada's top court derailed government plans to consolidate a patchwork system of provincial securities regulators on Thursday, ruling that proposed federal legislation violated provincial rights and forcing the government back to the drawing board.
The Obama administration scores another preliminary injunction against a state that has enacted a law attempting to drive out undocumented immigrations.
After six months of notable decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court ended 2011 setting the stage for a blockbuster session in 2012.
Aussie Teen Jailed for 13 Years for Stabbing Murder of an International Student in Melbourne
An Australian teenage boy was sentenced to up to 13 years jail on Thursday for murdering an Indian student in 2010, an attack which ignited a diplomatic crisis and damaged the nation's international student sector, the third largest export earner.
Since September, members of the U.S. House and Senate have introduced five different amendments to the U.S. Constitution that would overturn key parts of the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee.
The story that will follow is one of corporate machinations, armed strongmen storming a Siberian oil field and an office headquarters, corruption and ludicrous amounts of money.
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday set the schedule for health care reform law arguments: March 26-28, 2012.
A high school student confronted Rick Perry at a campaign stop in Decorah, Iowa, about his support for the military's former don't ask, don't tell policy, making Perry the latest Republican candidate to be challenged by a child on a gay-rights issue.
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich threatened Sunday to have federal judges arrested if they disagreed with his policies as president, ratcheting up his attacks on the judiciary as he tries to halt a slide in his campaign.
Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina have sought to halt Department of Justice challenges to their Arizona-style immigration laws, pending a U.S. Supreme Court review.
From humble pushcart to hipster food truck, New York City street food isn't what it used to be.
We have the ability to rein in excessive judges, Mitt Romney said.
Norex Petroleum is suing Russian oligarchs and New York residents Leonard Blavatnik and Victor Vekselberg for orchestrating the theft of its oil field in Siberia.
