Portal:Law/Law news
- John Roberts, President George W. Bush's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court is confirmed by the Senate judiciary committee. His conformation battle now moves to the Senate floor, where a full vote will be held on his confirmation.
- U.S. President George W. Bush nominates D.C. Court of Appeals judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court as a replacement to recently deceased Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. A new nomination must be made to replace Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
- On July 20th, the Canadian Civil Marriage Act was given royal assent and entered into law, legalizing same-sex marriage nation-wide.
- Judge Thomas Hogan gave Judith Miller of the New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine one more week before deciding their sentence for refusing to reveal confidential sources to a grand jury investigating the leak of a covert CIA operative's name to the news media.
- Pakistan's Supreme Court suspends the acquittal of five men accused of raping Mukhtaran Bibi.