Tag: Appeals Courts

The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals building in Atlanta, Georgia. Its territory comprises the highest percentage of blacks of any federal judicial circuit in the country. (John Bazemore/Associated Press)

Washington Secrets

8-year study: Black federal judges ‘conditioned’ to go easy on fellow blacks

Paul Bedard · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This is an undated file photo showing an aerial view of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vt. (AP Photo/Vermont Yankee Corporation, File)

Energy and Environment

Court: Tax on Vermont nuclear plant might be OK

Washington Examiner · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama gestures while nominating Patricia Ann Millett, an appellate lawyer, to become a federal judge, during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 4, 2013 in Washington, D.C. If confirmed by the Senate, Obama's three nominees will fill three vacancies on United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty images)

Powerful D.C. Circuit Court has Democratic majority bench for first time since Reagan

Sean Lengell · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

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Appeals court rules against officer’s First Amendment claim

Nigel Duara · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

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Challenge to Utah’s same-sex marriage ban

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

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Judges in Chicago question Wisconsin abortion law

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Appeals court sides with employers on arbitration

Sam Hananel · December 3, 2013 9:40 pm

Although Amazon has agreed to collect taxes in some states as it sets up distribution centers around the country, it has resisted efforts by others to impose sales taxes unilaterally. (AP File)

Amazon rejected by Supreme Court on New York sales tax

Washington Examiner · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

Senate Majority LeaderÃÂ HarryÃÂ Reid, D-Nev., pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

‘They should erect a statue of Harry Reid outside the Mazza Gallerie’

Charles Hoskinson · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

Joe Biden backs Harry Reid triggering ‘nuclear option’

Meghashyam Mali · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Binders making up the 17 volumes which contain the Energy Department's application to build a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada are displayed shortly after they were delivered to the offices of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on June 3, 2008. The federal government has yet to rule on whether Yucca can safely store waste in the long term. A 1982 federal law says the government must evaluate whether Yucca can perform that function. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Energy and Environment

Nuclear regulator to restart Yucca review

Zack Colman · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

Abigail Fisher, the Texan involved in the University of Texas affirmative action case, and Edward Blum, who runs a group working to end affirmative action, walk outside the Supreme Court in October 2012. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear Fisher's case. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

5th Circuit rehears affirmative action appeal

Chris Tomlinson · November 13, 2013 5:00 am