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.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 22, 2011
Will Citizens United doom New York City's tough campaign finance laws at the U.S. Supreme Court?
Dan Rivoli
Dec 22, 2011
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.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 22, 2011
The Obama administration scores another preliminary injunction against a state that has enacted a law attempting to drive out undocumented immigrations.
Dan Rivoli
Dec 22, 2011
After six months of notable decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court ended 2011 setting the stage for a blockbuster session in 2012.
Dan Rivoli
Dec 22, 2011
Aussie Teen Jailed for 13 Years for Stabbing Murder of an International Student in Melbourne
Aditi Mathur
Dec 22, 2011
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.
W Rorrkychand Singh
Dec 22, 2011
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.
Ashley Portero
Dec 21, 2011
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.
Pierre Bertrand
Dec 20, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday set the schedule for health care reform law arguments: March 26-28, 2012.
Dan Rivoli
Dec 19, 2011
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.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 19, 2011
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.
Eric Linton
Dec 18, 2011
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.
Dan Rivoli
Dec 16, 2011
From humble pushcart to hipster food truck, New York City street food isn't what it used to be.
Mark Johanson
Dec 16, 2011
We have the ability to rein in excessive judges, Mitt Romney said.
Dan Rivoli
Dec 16, 2011
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.
Pierre Bertrand
Dec 15, 2011
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder offered a vigorous defense of the U.S. Justice Department's ability to challenge discriminatory voting laws Tuesday night, suggesting an escalating clash between the federal government and states that have passed restrictive voting laws since 2010.
Jeremy White
Dec 14, 2011
Ron Paul told supporters at a campaign event on Tuesday that Medicare and Medicaid programs, through which the federal government provides health care to retired and poor Americans, are unconstitutional.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 14, 2011
A spokesperson for Gov. Scott Walker said federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have upheld the constitutionality of photo ID laws.
Dan Rivoli
Dec 13, 2011
Vietnam veteran Bob Garon, 63, was having breakfast with his husband at a restaurant in Manchester, N.H., when Mitt Romney saw his veteran's hat and approached him to ask about his war service. But Garon wanted to talk about same-sex marriage.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 13, 2011
Papua New Guinea's governor-general decided on Tuesday that the two men claiming to be the resource-rich country's prime minister must negotiate a solution, leaving a tense political deadlock unresolved.
Mike Obel
Dec 13, 2011
The debate on televising U.S. Supreme Court proceedings continued in Washington, D.C., where senators last week debated the idea of legislatively forcing justices to accept cameras.
Dan Rivoli
Dec 13, 2011