In a first for a former Guantanamo captive freed by a federal judge, a Syrian man now living in Europe is suing the U.S. government for damages from what he calls a "Kafkaesque nightmare."
A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the use of "stop and frisk" searches by Philadelphia police, alleging that the policy is violating the rights of blacks...
Senior Justice Department officials said Thursday that they remained committed to trying more terrorism suspects in U.S. civilian courts, despite a New York City jury decision that convicted a...
The Obama administration remains committed to trying more terrorism suspects in civilian court even though a federal jury acquitted a Tanzanian of all but one charge in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings...
A judge threw a "unique and extraordinary" lawsuit out of court Tuesday, leaving open the question of whether the U.S. government can legally target American citizens for death abroad...
On Tuesday, in an extremely troubling ruling in the District Court in Washington D.C., Judge John D. Bates dismissed a lawsuit contesting what is described as President Obama’s “targeted...
July 2010New York City’s police force, in its fight against crime, has increasingly used a strategy known as “stop, question and frisk,” which allows officers to stop someone based on a...
In light of recent reports that the Obama Administration is considering easing restrictions on travel to Cuba, CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren issued an Open Letter today to President Obama ,...
Updated: September 13, 2010
The full panel was as follows: Steven E. Fineman, Managing Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP; Brad N. Friedman, Partner, Milberg LLP; Faith E. Gay, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart...
Updated: January 26, 2010
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