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Aug 25 2021
News
Appeals court rules Dylann Roof death penalty-eligible for church massacre
Dylann Roof, the white gunman who killed nine black people in the 2015 Charleston church massacre, is one step closer to execution after a federal appeals court in Virginia ruled he’s eligible to receive the death penalty.
“His crimes qualify him for the harshest penalty that a just society can impose,” a three-judge panel for the Richmond-based Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals wrote,
New York Post (News)
Aug 23 2021
Fact Check
Did Biden Nominate the First Gay Federal Appeals Court Judge?
An article from the Associated Press is headlined “Biden nominates first LGBT federal appeals court nominee,” a claim that was further elevated by news outlets that reprinted the AP article, including the Washington Post, ABC News, and U.S. News & World Report. The Washington Post later deleted its story.
The article is about Justice Beth Robinson, an associate justice on the
The Dispatch Fact Check
Aug 20 2021
News
CDC Eviction Moratorium Allowed to Continue, Federal Appeals Court Rules
Athree-judge panel has refused landlords' request to put the federal eviction moratorium on hold.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia declined an emergency request by a group of Realtors and landlords to lift the new moratorium, issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on August 3 as millions of Americans remain behind on their rent amid the
Newsweek
Jul 14 2021
Analysis
Barely Legal Teens Can Legally Buy Guns, Appeals Court Says
The constitutional right to bear arms enshrined in the Second Amendment should apply to those between the ages of 18–20, declared the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit today in Hirschfeld v. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Tanner Hirschfeld and Natalia Marshall challenged the constitutionality of federal laws that ban federally licensed firearm dealers from
Reason
Sep 07 2017
News
Most liberal appeals court headed for Supreme Court reversals?
The Supreme Court will wade into a political battle between President Trump and the nation's most liberal appeals court this fall by hearing four cases at the start of its upcoming term that the administration wants overturned.
Jun 28 2021
News
Transgender student wins as Supreme Court rebuffs bathroom appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a major transgender rights case, leaving in place a lower court's ruling that a Virginia public school board acted unlawfully in preventing a transgender student from using a bathroom at his high school that corresponded with his gender identity.
The justices opted not to hear the Gloucester County School Board's appeal of a 2020
Fox News (Online News)
Apr 28 2022
News
Derek Chauvin appeals his conviction for George Floyd's murder
One year after he was convicted of murdering George Floyd, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filed an appeal hoping to overturn the jury's verdict and reduce his sentence.
Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sentenced Chauvin last June to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, after he was found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree
NPR (Online News)
Mar 01 2022
News
Trumps appeal court order to appear for depositions in New York attorney general investigation
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and two of his children filed a notice of appeal Monday against a New York state ruling ordering them to appear for a deposition.
A motion was filed in the state appellate court in response to the Feb. 17 ruling by the Manhattan Supreme Court requiring the former president, Ivanka Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. to comply with subpoenas to
Washington Examiner
Nov 13 2021
Headline Roundup
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Decision To Halt Biden's Vaccine Mandate For Larger Businesses
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit late Friday upheld its decision to halt President Joe Biden's proposed vaccine mandate for larger businesses, saying his administration has not proved "COVID-19 poses the kind of emergency that allows OSHA to take the extreme measure."
The policy, scheduled to take effect Jan. 4, says companies with more than 100 employees must require
Deseret News
Reuters
Washington Post
Nov 09 2021
Headline Roundup
DOJ Asks Federal Appeals Court to Lift Order Blocking COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
The Department of Justice argued against a more permanent block of the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses in a filing to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Monday.
The DOJ contends that businesses and Republican-led states have not demonstrated that their claimed injuries top the need for a mandate "that will save thousands of lives and prevent
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