Assault weapons like AK-47 rifles and AR-15s are “weapons of war” and as such are not protected by the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms, a federal appeals court in Virginia has ruled. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
Virginia’s ban on mining uranium deposits in the state has been upheld by a split federal appeals court panel over the claims of a uranium mining company that the ban should be preempted by federal law. The 4th U.S. Circuit…
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges has halted voting on whether to reconsider the President’s travel ban at the request of the Trump Administration, pending issuance of a new version of the ban. The appeals court Thursday agreed…
The full D.C. Court of Appeals has agreed to reconsider whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s leadership structure is unconstitutional in a dispute over a $103 million fine against PHH, a mortgage lender. The appeals court Thursday granted the CFPB’s request…
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema’s decision Monday to block the Trump Administration travel ban is important, at least in part, because she is a judge who has handled plenty of terrorism-related cases, including prosecution of a 9/11 terrorist. Brinkema, who…
Disgraced former bicycling champion Lance Armstrong must face trial on claims by the U.S. Postal Service, as a cycling team sponsor, that he should repay $32 million in payments it made to Armstrong and team owner, Tailwind Sports, a federal…
The Native Americans’ path may get much steeper in their legal effort to block a Highway 101 expansion in Mendocino County over assertions the highway would damage archaeological sites during construction. A federal judge during a hearing Friday indicated during…
An unidentified federal appellate judge Friday called for a full court vote on whether to have an 11-judge panel reconsider the stay of the Trump Administration’s travel ban. Such a panel is known as en banc review. It would take a majority…
A federal appeals panel kept in place a stay imposed on the Trump Administration’s travel ban from seven Muslim-dominated countries. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals order sets up a potential administration appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The unanimous…