Tag: Appeals Courts

Maryanne Trump Barry is a 78-year-old appeals judge on the Third Circuit. (AP File)

Trump’s federal judge sister receives threatening letter

Curt Mills · March 19, 2016 9:50 pm

Ranchers, farmers and states argue the water rule gives the EPA unprecedented authority over drainage ditches and nearly anything else that can contain water. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Energy and Environment

Appeals court will hear challenge to EPA water rule

Kyle Feldscher · February 22, 2016 8:09 pm

"If you're the chief judge of the Ninth Circuit, you've got a lot of power, right?" said Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska. "So that might be one of the reasons they don't want to see it split."

Bill would reduce reach of liberal court

Joel Gehrke · February 22, 2016 5:01 am

The next president is going to be more significant for his or her court appointees than Bush or Obama. (AP photo/Alex Brandon)

Most important issue of 2016: The judiciary

Hugh Hewitt · January 24, 2016 10:00 pm

"We are thrilled with today's decision, which will allow our trusted health care providers and educators to continue serving the thousands of Utahns who depend on us as the appeals process proceeds," Karrie Galloway, CEO of the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah, said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Court halts Utah’s Planned Parenthood defunding

Kelly Cohen · December 31, 2015 2:47 pm

Lead prosecutor Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton submitted a brief to the Supreme Court on Tuesday. (Jae S. Lee/The Dallas Morning News Via AP, Pool)

Texas: Obama’s immigration move an ‘affront to the rule of law’

Anna Giaritelli · December 29, 2015 11:23 pm

The National Association of Manufacturers, representing a sizable chunk of the U.S. economy, added their voices to lawsuits against the rules in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. (AP file photo/Carlos Osorio)

Chamber, manufacturers sue EPA over smog rules

John Siciliano · December 23, 2015 2:59 pm

Federal judges ruled in favor of the EPA's costly pollutant rules for coal-fired power plants on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Laurence Harris)

Energy and Environment

Court upholds costly EPA power plant rules

John Siciliano · December 15, 2015 6:58 pm

The FTC's legal authority to enforce somewhat ambiguous cybersecurity standards has a firm legal stamp of approval.

Meet the new undisputed enforcer of cyberstandards

Charlie Mitchell · December 14, 2015 5:01 am

Obama appeals immigration ruling to Supreme Court

Nicole Duran · November 20, 2015 5:06 pm

AÂ federal appeals court will hear oral arguments over a Federal Communications Commissions rule that critics say steals consumer protection authority from the Federal Trade Commission.Â (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Internet power struggle pits fed vs. fed

Rudy Takala · November 16, 2015 5:01 am

Knocked back, Obama takes illegals case to Supreme Court

Nicole Duran · November 10, 2015 2:10 pm