Justice
December 10, 2008 -
The Mississippi State Conference NAACP, Gulf Coast Fair Housing Center and several individual residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S.
December 9, 2008 -
Today attorneys for Troy Davis are going before a three judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to plead their client's innocence and ask to be granted a new trial.
December 8, 2008 -
The Justice Department unsealed indictments today in its case against five employees of North Carolina-based Blackwater Worldwide for their role in a 2007 Baghdad shooting that killed 17 Iraqi civilians. The men -- all decorated U.S.
December 8, 2008 -
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December 2, 2008 -
If you ever listen to AM talk radio, you know that immigration is one of the hottest hot-button issues for the political right. But as the Wall Street Journal notes, immigration hard-liners were big losers in the 2008 elections -- especially in the South: Virginia Republican Congressman Virgil Goode's narrow loss toDemocrat Tom Perriello became official last week, and it caps anotherbad showing for immigration restrictionists. For the second straight