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- Undertaker doctrine tested in St. Louis
- No law required St. Louis to install automatic external defibrillators throughout Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. But once it did, does the law make the city liable if the AEDs aren't used or aren't used correctly? The so-called undertaker doctrine is at the center of a lawsuit filed recently...
- Research articles 2008-10-08
- Woman sues St. Louis, Southwest Airlines for failing to use AED on
- No law required St. Louis to install automatic external defibrillators throughout Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. But once it did, does the law make the city liable if the AEDs aren't used or aren't used correctly? The so-called undertaker doctrine is at the center of a lawsuit filed recently...
- Research articles 2008-10-08
- US has three days to respond to Iraq pact proposals: Shiite MP
- BAGHDAD AFP — The United States has three days to respond to fresh proposals from Iraq on the contentious security deal being negotiated by the two countries, a top Shiite MP said on Wednesday. Ali al-Adeeb of the Shiite Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, a party closely allied to Prime...
- Research articles 2008-09-03
- Karadzic protected by US until he broke 'deal': Belgrade report
- BELGRADE AFP — Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic was protected by the United States until a CIA phone bug caught him breaking the terms of his "deal", the Serb newspaper Blic reported Saturday, quoting a US intelligence source. The newspaper claims Karadzic was secretly granted immunity in return...
- Research articles 2008-08-02
- White House aides not immune from subpoenas: judge
- WASHINGTON AFP — A US judge Thursday said presidential advisors must testify in Congress when subpoenaed, rejecting White House efforts to confer immunity to current and former officials who have been asked to take the stand. Federal Judge John Bates said former White House legal counsel Harriet Miers and...
- Research articles 2008-07-31
- Federal appeals court: Freedmen can sue tribal officials
- Marilyn Vann of Oklahoma City has fond memories of her family honoring Cherokee heritage and rituals from the time she was a child. "This is who we are," Vann said Tuesday following a federal appeals court decision holding that descendants of Cherokee freedmen, formerly slaves owned by the...
- Research articles 2008-07-30
- US Senate passes electronic spying bill
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US Senate on Wednesday passed a bill expanding legal authority for electronic wiretaps by spy agencies, handing victory to President George W. Bush after a standoff over anti-terror strategy. The measure includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications firms which aided warrantless government surveillance operations following the...
- Research articles 2008-07-09
- US agrees to scrap immunity for security guards in Iraq: FM
- BAGHDAD AFP — The Iraqi foreign minister said on Tuesday that Washington has agreed to scrap immunity for foreign security guards in Iraq, moving the two countries closer to signing a long-term security pact. "The immunity for private security guards has been removed. The US has agreed on it,"...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Yemen MPs lift immunity of rebel chief brother
- SANAA AFP — The Yemeni parliament announced on Saturday that it had lifted the immunity from prosecution of the brother of Zaidi rebel commander Abdul Malak al-Huti, an MP currently believed to be abroad. The decision followed a request from the justice ministry which is seeking to prosecute Yahia...
- Research articles 2008-06-07
- When Washington pleads weakness: why the U.S. won't crack down on reckless military contractors in Iraq
- THE U.S. GOVERNMENT must not have much power, because no one seems able to figure out how to bring American security contractors to justice for violent crimes committed in Iraq. In September 2007, Blackwater employees opened fire in Baghdad's Nisour Square, allegedly killing 17 civilians. That shooting is the subject...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- House approves surveillance bill
- WASHINGTON -- The House on Friday approved a Democratic bill that would set rules for the government's eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails inside the United States. The bill, approved as lawmakers departed for a two-week break, faces a veto threat from President Bush. The margin of House...
- Research articles 2008-03-15
- US House passes spy bill, challenges White House
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a wiretap surveillance bill which President George W. Bush has vowed to veto, deepening a standoff over anti-terror espionage powers. The Democratic-led House voted 213 to 197 to adopt the measure, which fails to provide retroactive legal immunity...
- Research articles 2008-03-14
- Pelosi: FISA Bill Meets Our Responsibility to Protect America While Protecting Our Civil Liberties
- To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Brendan Daly or Nadeam Elshami of the Office of the Speaker of the House, +1-202-226-7616 WASHINGTON, March 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon in strong support of H.R. 3773, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which protects America...
- Research articles 2008-03-14
- US House holds rare secret session on spy bill
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US House of Representatives on Thursday agreed to hold a rare secret session, the first for a quarter century, on a wiretapping anti-terror bill, as a standoff with the White House deepened. Democratic leaders agreed to a request by Republicans for the extraordinary session, on...
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- New wiretap bill would leave US vulnerable: White House
- WASHINGTON, AFP — The White House and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Tuesday said the House of Representatives was drawing up a new wiretap law that would hamper their job of protecting the people. The bill is a new attempt at reviving a post-September 11...
- Research articles 2008-03-11
- Kuwait parliament asked to lift two Shiite MPs immunity
- KUWAIT CITY AFP — Kuwait's public prosecutor on Tuesday called on parliament to strip two Shiite MPs of their immunity to allow them to be questioned, the acting parliament speaker said. "We have received a request from the public prosecution to lift the immunity of MPs Adnan Abdulsamad and...
- Research articles 2008-03-11
- House nearing deal on wiretapping law
- WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee hinted Sunday that a bitter battle over an expired eavesdropping law may be moving toward a conclusion that gives phone companies the retroactive legal protections long sought by President Bush. The chairman, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, said in an...
- Research articles 2008-03-03
- Editorial: Surveillance Bill
- If President Bush wants to assign blame for the lapse of the nation's antiterror surveillance law, then he must also point to himself. Instead, the president wants to make House Democrats the villains. Not once but twice last week, Bush tried to cast the majority party as the bad guys...
- Research articles 2008-03-02
- Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy.(Book review)
- Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy BY KEITH WHITTINGTON NEW JERSEY: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2007. pp. 296. $49.00 INTRODUCTION I. THE POLITICAL UTILITY OF COURTS II. THE GROWTH OF JUDICIAL SUPREMACY III. THE PEOPLE'S COURT?...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Background Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on FISA
- WASHINGTON -- James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:40 P.M. EST SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: I appreciate you taking the time to discuss this issue with you. I just want to give a very brief overview. I know this is a very complex subject and a lot of discussion...
- Research articles 2008-02-26
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