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| Jun.12 |
 Washington |
 US Guantanamo trials 'to proceed' Attorney General Michael Mukasey: A ruling by the US Supreme Court on detainees will not affect military trials of enemy combatants
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 U.S. Supreme Court |
Major Guantanamo setback for Bush| Foreign suspects held in Guantanamo Bay have the right to challenge their detention in civilian courts. The decision marks another legal blow to the B... | |
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| Mar.8 |
Washington |
  Bush vetoes bill banning waterboarding President vetoed legislation that would ban the CIA from using harsh methods such as waterboarding to break suspected terrorists
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| Dec.5 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Guantanamo legal showdown begins
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UK teacher jailed over teddy row
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| Nov.20 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Supreme Court ponders gun law
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| Nov.8 |
U.S. Congress |
New US attorney general confirmed
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| Oct.9 |
USA |
Judge blocks Guantanamo move
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U.S. Supreme Court |
Court rejects CIA kidnap case
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| Oct.3 |
Washington |
Bush veto for child health bill
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| Aug.27 |
Washington |
Attorney General Gonzales resigns  Embattled U.S. Attorney General announced his resignation. 'I have lived the American dream,' said Alberto Gonzales
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| Aug.4 |
U.S. Congress |
House passes clean energy bill
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| Aug.3 |
U.S. Congress |
Bush eavesdropping bill gets boost
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| Aug.2 |
U.S. Congress |
Senate tightens lobbying rules The Senate has voted in favour of a bill to tighten rules on lobbying and ethics for lawmakers, following its approval in the House of Reps
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First Khmer Rouge leader charged
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| Jul.27 |
U.S. Congress |
Congress passes anti-terror bill The bill is implementing many recommendations of the commission which investigated the 9/11 attacks
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| Jun.29 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Supreme court admits Guantanamo cases
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| Jun.28 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Sup. Court rejects school action on race
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Washington |
White House firm on prosecutors
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| Jun.27 |
U.S. Congress |
Bush faces eavesdropping subpoena
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| Jun.20 |
Washington |
Bush vetoes stem cell funds bill
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| Jun.11 |
Virginia |
Court rebukes enemy combatant policy
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Presidential vote annulled
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| Apr.2 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Top court rejects Guantanamo test The US Supreme Court will not decide whether detainees have the right to challenge their detention in US federal courts
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Country's top judge suspended
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| Oct.26 |
Washington |
Bush signs Mexico fence into law| US President has authorised 700 miles of new fencing along the border, in a move to curb illegal immigration | |
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| Sep.28 |
U.S. Congress |
Senate backs terror trial bill The legislation is endorsing Bush's proposals to interrogate and prosecute foreign terror suspects
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| Jun.29 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Guantanamo tribunals 'illegal' The US Supreme Court: the administration does not have the authority to try suspects by military tribunal
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| Dec.20 |
Washington |
'Intelligent design' teaching ban A court has ruled against the teaching of the theory of 'Intelligent design' alongside Darwinian evolution
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Witness at Hussein trial describes torture
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| Sep.29 |
U.S. Congress |
Roberts confirmed as chief justice| The Senate voted on the appointment of John Roberts as the next US Supreme Court chief justic | | |
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| Sep.3 |
Virginia |
 Chief Justice Rehnquist dies| The Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court has died at his home in Virginia at the age of 80 | | |
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| Jul.19 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
 Bush names Roberts to Supreme Court US President has nominated federal appeals court judge to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court
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| Jul.1 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Supreme Court justice O'Connor retires| Sandra Day O'Connor, 75, the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court and a crucial centrist, is to retire | |
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| Jun.27 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
File-sharing suffers major defeat The Supreme Court has ruled that file-sharing companies are to blame for what users do with their software
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Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years
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| Mar.22 |
Florida |
Judge denies bid to restore feeding tube The federal judge denied an emergency request to reinsert a feeding tube for brain-damaged Terri Schiavo
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| Mar.18 |
Florida |
Patient's feeding tube removed The feeding tube that keeps a brain-damaged Terri Schiavo alive has been taken out after a lengthy court battle
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| Nov.9 |
Washington |
Attorney general Ashcroft quits cabinet Don Evans, Secretary for Commerce, has also quit his post. Further cabinet changes are expected
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| Jun.23 |
 UN |
 US war crimes immunity bid fails The US has given up trying to win its soldiers immunity from prosecution at the International Criminal Court
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| Nov.18 |
 Boston |
Court rules against gay marriage ban Massachusetts' highest court ruled that the state cannot deny gays the right to marry
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| Dec.31 |
Washington |
Criminal Court Treaty Signed Treaty creates the first permanent criminal court for accused of the world's worst atrocities
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| Dec.4 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
High Court Ruling helps Bush Supreme Court set aside a ruling on hand-counted votes in Florida's presidential election
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Pinochet's immunity ends
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