President Barack Obama sided with the Bush administration Friday, saying detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional rights. ...more

February 20, 2009

A judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce White House memos that provide the legal basis for the Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 warrantless wiretapping program. ...more

November 2, 2008

Immigrants seeking asylum in the United States have been disproportionately rejected by judges whom the Bush administration chose using a conservative political litmus test, according to an analysis of Justice Department data. ...more

August 24, 2008

A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles to stand trial in El Paso on immigration fraud charges. ...more

August 15, 2008

Victims of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks said Thursday that they are satisfied with the investigation's outcome that pinned the blame on an Army scientist. And now, the widow of a dead photo editor said, it's time for the government to settle her lawsuit and pay up. ...more

August 8, 2008

Key members of Congress on Friday called for multiple investigations into the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes, charging the agency may have eliminated evidence of torture, obstructed justice or engaged in an illegal coverup. ...more

December 8, 2007

A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out planned federal fuel economy standards for many sport utility vehicles, minivans and pickup trucks, ruling that the Bush administration failed to address why those so-called "light trucks" are allowed to pollute more than cars. ...more

November 16, 2007

TAMPA - Robert E. O'Neill, chief of the U.S. attorney's office criminal division, will take over as acting U.S. attorney as the interim term of James R. Klindt expires today. ...more

October 26, 2007

Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. ...more

September 27, 2007