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Mar 22, 2024
News take: appeals court says graphic warnings on cigarette packs are legal
From Reuters: Reversing a lower court ruling, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found that the 11 warnings required...
Mar 22, 2024
News take: Biden nomination of Muslim-American to be on appeals court in peril
Two Democratic senators say they will not support Adeel Mangi. From NBC: Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.,...
Mar 22, 2024
News take: Are conservative justices getting impatient with the Fifth District?
Are conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices getting impatient with some of the shenanigans of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals? From...
Mar 22, 2024
News take: Enbridge looks for a friendlier venue in pipeline fight
Enbridge Inc. wants to move the fight over 70-year-old Line 5, which passes through the northern part of the state and Michigan's Upper...
Jan 31, 2024
News take: Another federal appeals court takes aim at democracy
The Eighth Circuit refuses to reconsider a decision that could further limit the viability of the Voting Rights Act. A federal appeals...
Jan 31, 2024
News take: New judge for the Seventh Circuit
The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Joshua Kolar, from Indiana. The Chicago Sun-Times has the story. The U.S. Seventh Circuit...
Jan 18, 2024
Appeals court asked to block death penalty experiment on condemned man
The need to find a new death-penalty method is behind the effort in Alabama. Lawyers for condemned inmate Kenneth Smith are asking the...
Jan 18, 2024
Apple to turn off blood-oxygent tool in watches, for now
But have no fear, you who already have shelled out for the technology. Your blood-oxygen measuring function will continue to work. It's...
Dec 6, 2023
Appeals court puts hold on feds' ability to cut Texas border wire that is cutting up immigrants
And of course it is the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Texas Tribune has the story: In court documents, the Biden...
Nov 26, 2023
Statewide elections often result in racially biased outcomes. 11th Circuit says that's OK
Rick Hasen sums it up at the Election Law blog.
Nov 19, 2023
Fifth Circuit strikes down mandatory bar dues
The wacky U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down mandatory bar association dues for activities not directly related to...
Nov 18, 2023
Biden nominates five more for federal judgeships
The push for diversity continues. Check it out at ABC.
Nov 14, 2023
"Everybody vs. Racism" can't be a trademark, U.S. Court of Appeals says
It's not used to identify the maker or seller of a specific product, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals said. Reuters has the story.
Nov 14, 2023
Seventh Circuit strikes down state's "hunter harassment" law changes as unconstitutional
A federal appeals court on Monday struck down as unconstitutional the state's "hunter harassment law" that makes it a crime to confront...
Nov 10, 2023
Crazy Fifth Circuit says limits on ghost guns is unconstitutional
Sigh. Because the founders. The panel, comprised entirely of judges appointed by Republican former President Donald Trump, largely upheld...
Nov 7, 2023
Federal appeals court upholds Illinois assault rifle ban
Jurist has the story on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.
Nov 7, 2023
A quarter of federal courts have always been, and remain, all White
The Democracy Docket is talking about judges. Strikingly, of the 94 district courts across our country, 25 have never had a non-white...
Oct 31, 2023
Seventh Circuit rejects really bad DOJ arguments against installing wheelchair ramp at a post office
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals last week ruled that the U.S. Postal Service's refusal to build a wheelchair ramp to enable...
Oct 28, 2023
Ninth Circuit temporarily blocks really stupid Idaho bathroom law
From East Idaho News: Senate Bill 1100, which was signed into law March 22, would have allowed students to sue their school for a minimum...
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