Tag: Appeals Courts

Battery maker Limnia was denied a loan from the Energy Department's vehicle technology program because the department said the application didn't meet the agency's specifications and requirements, but the company sued, alleging cronyism. A generic photo of a gavel. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Energy and Environment

Energy Department ‘cronyism’ to get a second look in court

John Siciliano · May 19, 2017 10:25 pm

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Federal Aviation Administration rule violated a provision of the The FAA Modernization and Reform Act, in which Congress prohibited any rulemaking regarding model aircraft. (Paul Rodriguez/The Orange County Register via AP)

Appeals court says FAA cannot force drone owners to register with government

Sean Higgins · May 19, 2017 9:36 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to confirm Judge Amul Thapar to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)

Senate Judiciary Committee approves Amul Thapar for 6th Circuit

Ryan Lovelace · May 18, 2017 2:51 pm

Man convicted of murdering his neighbor and robbing his neighbor's wife had asked for the alternative to lethal injection. (AP)

Appeals court shoots down Georgia inmate’s request to be executed by firing squad

Ryan Lovelace · May 16, 2017 4:59 pm

Groups urged a federal appeals court to shut down a legal case over the Clean Power Plan. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Energy and Environment

Environmentalists change their tune on Obama climate plan

John Siciliano · May 15, 2017 10:52 pm

"We're not in favor of psychoanalysis or trying to get into the president's head," Katyal said. "You don't, your honor, need to be Sigmund Freud in order to affirm the district court. You just simply must ask as the Supreme Court has told you, what would an objective observer think with these sorts of statements?" (AP Photo)

Judges don’t need to be Freud to understand Trump’s reason for travel ban, Hawaii argues

Ryan Lovelace · May 15, 2017 7:32 pm

The decision allows a lower court ruling holding that the law was passed with "discriminatory intent" to prevail. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Supreme Court declines to hear North Carolina voter ID case

Ryan Lovelace · May 15, 2017 2:03 pm

The case promises to pack a bigger punch than any of the preceding arguments thus far. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Appeals court to hear case against Trump’s travel ban, with bigger punch

Ryan Lovelace · May 15, 2017 4:01 am

According to President Trump's adviser Leonard Leo, the nation's judicial branch is headed for a massive overhaul under Trump. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump adviser Leonard Leo details plans to overhaul judiciary

Ryan Lovelace · May 12, 2017 6:00 pm

Senate hearings on Thapar's nomination prompted many questions from Democrats about the judge's connections to the right-leaning Federalist Society, as a result of Thapar's inclusion on President Trump's shortlists for the Supreme Court vacancy filled by Justice Neil Gorsuch. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)

Progressives mount opposition to Amul Thapar’s 6th Circuit nomination

Ryan Lovelace · May 10, 2017 3:09 pm

The case will pit U.S. Solicitor General Jeffrey B. Wall against Neal Katyal, representing the State of Hawaii. Wall argued another case about the litigation over Trump's travel ban earlier this week before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

3 Clinton-appointed judges to hear travel ban case at 9th Circuit

Ryan Lovelace · May 10, 2017 3:00 pm

Three-judge panel says AIG investors lacked standing to sue for losses in the insurance company's bailout during the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Appeals court reverses decision that AIG bailout was illegal

Joseph Lawler · May 9, 2017 5:08 pm