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Supreme Court Declines To Take DACA Case, Leaving It In Place For Now AILSA CHANG, HOST: All right, now let's talk about something the Supreme Court chose not to do today. It said for now it would not hear a case about DACA, delivering a setback to t
Once upon a time there was a monkey who had a magical fiddle and bow and arrow. He could hit anything with his arrow, and with his fiddle, he could make anyone dance. One day Monkey met Cheetah. I've been stalking Springbok all day, Cheetah complain
By Jim Malone Washington 28 March 2006 Navy Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift, lead attorney for Salim Hamdan, leaves Supreme Court Lawyers for a suspected member of al-Qaida argued at the U.S. Supre
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 10 October 2006 Saddam Hussein's trial on genocide charges continued in Baghdad, with the former Iraqi leader again getting ejected from the court. When things settled down, witnesses told the court those who did not die in
Anti-government protesters have continued their attempt to shutdown the capital, Bangkok, by marching to government buildings and urging the employees inside to join their strike. This comes as the countrys Constitutional Court considers whether a Fe
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 13 January 2006 The U.S. Senate hearings into the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court have concluded with testimony from witnesses. Some 30 witnesses te
By Sarah Simpson Abuja 05 April 2007 Vice President Atiku Abubakar is battling in the Nigerian courts to get his name on ballot slips for a crucial presidential poll on April 21. But after two courts this week issued divergent rulings, it looks incre
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 21 November 2006 U.N. peacekeepers and firefighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have rushed to the Supreme Court to contain violence after clashes and a fire broke out. The court is considering a complaint of fraud by
By Catherine Maddux Washington 05 July 2006 The International Criminal Court says its arrest warrant for the leader of the Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army remains in place, despite an offer of amnesty made by Ugandan government. -------------
By Gary Thomas Washington 29 June 2007 The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed itself and agreed to hear the appeals of detainees held at the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As VOA correspondent Gary Thomas reports, legal scholars say it is a high
By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 24 September 2007 Pakistan's Supreme Court has dismissed two challenges to President Pervez Musharraf's bid for reelection, but the justices are still considering several others. Pakistani lawyers have also nominated a for
By Jim Malone Washington 29 June 2006 The U.S. Supreme Court dealt the Bush administration a major legal setback in connection with the war on terror Thursday. The high court ruled that President Bush had overstepped his authority in ordering milita
A court under the control of a Somali Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab has ordered four young men suspected of stealing guns and mobile phones to have a hand and a leg amputated, but the punishment was postphoned. An al-Shabab spokesman told the A
Senate confirmation hearings begin July 13 for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's choice for the U.S. Supreme Court. Experts say that Sotomayor's confirmation is likely, given the Democrats' majority in the Senate. But history shows tha
Israeli Court Orders Three West Bank Settlements Demolished The houses of Ulpana overlook Beit El, an Israeli settlement of 7,000 people not far from the major Palestinian city of Ramallah. The Israeli High Court has ruled that five of Ulpana's 14 bu
US Supreme Court to Make Historic Health-Care Decision Three families explain what's at stake for them. Just like he did four years ago, Miles Fawcett is there to catch his daughter when she needs him. Serena was born with a severe liver defect. Her
British Court Rules Wikileaks Founder Should Be Extradited A British court has ruled that the founder of Wikileaks , Julian Assange, should be extradited to Sweden to face accusations of sexual assault and rape. The ruling comes as his whistleblowing
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 19 November 2007 The ailing former Khmer Rouge president, Khieu Samphan, has been arrested for his role in Cambodia's mass killings in the 1970's and charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity . This is the latest mo
By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 19 October 2009 Darfur rebel chief Bahar Idriss Abu Garda sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court at The Hague, 19 Oct 2009 The International Criminal Court in The Hague has begun a preliminary hearing
By Edward Yeranian Cairo 08 October 2009 Iran's Revolutionary Court has sentenced an opposition activist to death, in the first such verdict since trials of opposition supporters began in August. Monarchist Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani is to be hanged f