US Court of Appeals

Cut Cuba-Syria Ties to Receive Public Funds

Mauricio Claver-Carone | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: State Sponsors of Terrorism, Rick Scott, US-Court-of-Appeals, Miami-Dade, Hb 959, Syria, Cuba, Odebrecht, Politics News

HB 959 is not a "trade bill," it's a procurement bill, legislation that defines who we Floridians want to profit from building our highways, bridges, structures and public-service contracts.

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The Death of Economic Liberty and the Birth of Crony Capitalism

Trevor Burrus | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Dairy Farm, U.S. Court of Appeals, Dairy, Washington DC, Hettinga v. United States, Big Dairy, Economics, Crony Capitalism, Economic Liberty, Politics News

The history of crony capitalism didn't begin when big businesses and billionaires began spending fortunes on lobbying and campaign contributions. It began when the New Deal-era Supreme Court stopped protecting fundamental economic liberties guaranteed by the Constitution.

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Trayvon Martin's Lesson for Maryland: Appeal Gun Law Ruling by Federal Judge

Michael Shank | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: National Peace Academy, Governor O'Malley, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Institute for Economics and Peace, Maryland, Trayvon Martin, US Peace Index, Crime, US Court of Appeals, Benson Everett Legg, US District Judge, Michael Shank, Incarceration, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Guns, Gun Violence, Concealed Carry, Crime News

Lest we think the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin in Florida has little legal relevance for our Washington metro area, think again. All eyes should be on the state of Maryland.

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Federal Court Upholds Multimillion-Dollar Judgement In 'Whitey' Bulger Case

AP | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Video, U.S. Court of Appeals, Whitey Bulger FBI Ruling, Fbi, Whitey Bulger, Deborah Hussey, Louis Litif, James Whitey Bulger, Debra Davis, Crime News

BOSTON -- A federal appeals court has upheld multimillion-dollar judgments that found the government liable for the deaths of three people allegedly m...

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Master P's Brother Loses Murder Conviction Appeal

AP | By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: C-Murder, U.S. Court of Appeals, Master P, Percy Miller, Murder Conviction, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Corey Miller, Black Voices News

NEW ORLEANS -- A Louisiana appeals court has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence for rapper C-Murder. C-Murder, whose real name is Corey M...

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Fossil Fuels v. EPA: Europeans Join the Fray

James Thornton | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Europe, Coalition for Responsible Regulation, U.S. Court of Appeals, Climate Change, Green Jobs, Fossil Fuels, Epa, Green News

Because Congress has failed to act, U.S. climate policies are now often determined in court. The Court of Appeals in Washington is deciding on greenhouse gas regulation.

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Healthcare's Individual Mandate -- (Lack of) Charity Care Adds More Fuel to This Fire

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, U.S. Court of Appeals, Health Care, Politics News

Very recently, the pages of The Huffington Post -- as was true within every media outlet and what rolled off of the lips of every major political pund...

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Appeals Court Considers Virginia's Challenge to Health Law That Already Benefits Millions

Ethan Rome | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Commerce Clause, Health Care Reform, Individual Mandate, Affordable Care Act, Health Coverage, Constitution, Healthcare Reform, Obama Health Care, Health Care Repeal, Health Reform, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Repeal and Replace, Republicans, Politics News

The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., will hear arguments Tuesday on contradictory rulings by two Virginia federal judges on attempts to invalidate the new health care law's requirement that everyone who can afford private insurance must buy it.

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Court Decision Makes It Easier For Government To Hold Gitmo Detainees

ProPublica | Dafna Linzer | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Yemen, Obama Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, Uthman-Abdul-Rahim-Mohammed-Uthman, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, US-Court-of-Appeals, Gitmo Detainees, Henry H Kennedy Jr, Gitmo, Al Qaeda, Guantánamo Bay, World News

by Dafna Linzer ProPublica, March 29, 2011, 5:51 p.m...

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The Constitutional Right for Hot Chicks to Party

Doug Lieblich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Court of Appeals, Roy Den Hollander, Copacabana, Hot Chicks, Ladies Night, Equal Protection, Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment, Comedy News

Several days ago, the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the right for bars and nightclubs to enact "Ladies Night," a promotional ni...

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Court rules gassing mentally ill is illegal. Is this the best we can do?

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Depression, Mentally Ill, Mental Health, Corrections, Crime, Assisted Outpatient Treatment, Hospital, Involuntary Treatment, Mental Illness, Bipolar Disorder, Involuntary Commitment, Prison, Psychiatrist, Schizophrenia, Prisons, Jail, Mental, Psychiatric, Aot, Grohol, Jury, Judge, Death Penalty, Health, Psychologist, Healthcare, Murder, Arson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Forensics, Politics News

Psychiatric Times reported an appelate court decision: "Chemical Gassing of Mentally Ill Inmates is Unconsitutional": A Federal appeals court has su...

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Justice Trapped in a Technical Web

Andrea Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Politics, Law, Lawyers, U.S. Court of Appeals, Justice, Technical Rules, Politics News

Three judges of the United States Court of Appeals all agree that Mr. Friedman did not get justice. Yet because Mr. Friedman has fallen into the web of technical rules, the courts can't reach him.

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A Win for Network Neutrality? It's Time to Tell a Better Story

Christina Gagnier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, U.S. Court of Appeals, Technology, Fcc, Network Neutrality, Communication, Technology News

A true organizing narrative has yet to be built around Network Neutrality. Starting with its obtuse moniker, the average person has no idea how legislation or FCC and judicial action will affect their daily lives.

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Goodwin Liu Confirmation Proceeding: Democrats Push Forward With Appeals Court Nominee

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liu, Goodwin Liu, Obama Judges, Goodwin Liu Obama, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of Appeals, Democrats, Politics News

Senate Democrats moved ahead on Wednesday with plans to hold confirmation hearings for Goodwin Liu, President Obama's nominee for a spot on the Ninth ...

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The Politics of Poisoning America

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deepwater Horizon, Jeff Sessions, Hurricane Katrina, U.S. Court of Appeals, Jon Kyl, Judges, Lead Paint, Green News

So, let me get this straight: Lawyers who try to protect children from lead poisoning are unfit to be judges, but judges who will invest heavily in a major polluting industry are fine. Campaign finance reform anyone?

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Constitutionally Protected Ink?

Patti Millett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Victoria Beckham, Law, First Amendment, Kobe Bryant, California, Anderson, David Beckham, Angelina Jolie, Artist, Hermosa Beach, Tattoo, Kwika, Civil Rights, Jonny, Millett, U.S. Court of Appeals, Patti, Los Angeles News

In Johnny Anderson's case, the issue is whether the challenged ordinance, which prohibits opening any tattoo parlors in the City of Hermosa Beach, violates the First Amendment.

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Swiss Take Two Guantanamo Uighurs, Solve Obama's Problem

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, War on Terror, World, Arkin Mahmud, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Greg Craig, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, US District Court, State Department, Barack Obama, Uighurs, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Guantanamo Uighurs, Bush Administration, U.S. Court of Appeals, Switzerland, Bahtiyar Mahnut, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Breaking Politics News, Sabin Willett, Closing Guantanamo, Advocacy, Politics News

Obama is fortunate to have such kind allies, but he himself is the loser, the longer he refuses to tackle those who insist, in the face of overwhelming evidence, that everyone who was held at Guantánamo was a "terrorist."

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75 Guantanamo Prisoners Cleared for Release; 31 Could Leave Today

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President Obama, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, US House of Representatives, Robert Gates, Fouad Al-Rabiah, Saudi Arabia, US Senate, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, Kuwait, Judge Gladys Kessler, Closing Guantanamo, Yemen, World, Guantanamo Detainees, Greg Craig, Guantanamo Task Force, Saudi Rehabilitation, Yemeni Detainees Guantanamo, Ayman Batarfi, US District Court, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Guantanamo Uighurs, U.S. Court of Appeals, Politics News

If the rationale for not releasing the Yemenis from Guantánamo was extended to the U.S. prison system, no prisoner would ever be released at the end of their sentence, because prison "might have radicalized" them.

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Federal Reserve Fights To Legal Battle To Keep Details Of $2 Trillion Bailout Program Secret

bloomberg.com | David Glovin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Court of Appeals, Lehman Brothers, Fed, Federal Reserve Bailout, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Fed Secrets, Bloomberg Lawsuit, Federal Reserve Secret Bailout, Business News

Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve will ask a U.S. appeals court to block a ruling that for the first time would force the central bank to rev...

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Justice at Last? Guantanamo Uighurs Ask Supreme Court for Release Into U.S.

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Uighurs, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Guantanamo Uighurs, Bermuda, Uighurs Bermuda, U.S. Court of Appeals, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Sabin Willett, Advocacy, Politics News

In briefs, the battle lines have been drawn. On the one hand is the government, endorsing Bush-era policies. And for the Uighurs, there is a Boston-based attorney and his team.

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Is Bagram Obama's New Secret Prison?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Geneva Conventions, US Constitution, World, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, President Obama, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Guantanamo, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Judge John D. Bates, World News, Rendition, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Bush Administration, U.S. Court of Appeals, Enemy Combatants, Bagram, CIA Rendition, Bagram Detainees, Cia, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Breaking Politics News, New York Times, Bagram Habeas Corpus, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, Leon Panetta, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News

The Obama administration is following Bush's lead by unilaterally rewriting the Geneva Conventions, presumably to allow it to continue exploiting prisoners of war for their supposed intelligence value.

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A Plea to Barack Obama from the Guantanamo Uighurs

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Four months ago, 17 unjustly detained prisoners wrote a letter to Obama asking for their release. The government censors have only just cleared it and I have reprinted it here.

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Paul Minor's Attorneys File Emergency Motion for His Release

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Priscilla Owen, U.S. Court of Appeals, Karl Rove, Justice Department, Paul Minor, Politics News

Attorneys representing Minor are seeking his immediate release while the court deliberates his appeal. It is the last chance he will get to see his wife before her imminent death.

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