December 13, 2020 Appeals court reviews former Flynn business partner case, considers overturning acquittal A federal appeals court indicated it may reinstate charges against Michael Flynn's former business partner while Flynn remains absolved of any liability in the matter.
December 5, 2020 Appeals court OKs Trump taking military money for border wall A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a lower court was wrong to bar the Trump administration from taking $3.6 billion from military construction projects for a border wall.
August 21, 2020 Appeals court won't step in on Trump tax records for now A federal appeals court said Friday it wouldn't step in right away to delay New York prosecutors' effort to get President Donald Trump's tax records, potentially leaving the Supreme Court as his most promising option to block prosecutors' subpoena.
August 20, 2020 DOJ will again seek death penalty for Boston Bomber, AG Barr says Attorney General William Barr on Thursday said the Justice Department will seek to reinstate a death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, following a court’s ruling last month that tossed Tsarnaev's death sentence.
May 3, 2020 Appeals court reinstates California law requiring background checks for ammo purchases A federal appeals court reinstated a California background-check requirement for ammunition purchases this week after another court had deemed the law unconstitutional and a violation of the Second Amendment.Â
February 4, 2020 Texas appeals court to hear heartwrenching case of 11-month-old on life support After a months-long battle, Texas court of appeals is expected to hear the heartwrenching case of 11-month-old Tinslee Lewis, Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ's Casey Stegall reported on "America's Newsroom" Tuesday.
December 18, 2019 Federal appeals court strikes down ObamaCare rule, setting up Supreme Court showdown A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling a key aspect of the ObamaCare law is unconstitutional-- setting up another likely Supreme Court showdown in a presidential election year.Â
October 11, 2019 Appeals court blocks Ohio ban on Down syndrome abortions A divided federal appeals court on Friday ruled Ohio cannot enforce a 2017 law banning abortions when medical tests show the baby has Down syndrome.
August 30, 2019 Lawsuit by families of Charleston church shooting victims can proceed: court A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a lawsuit against the federal government over a faulty background check that allowed a South Carolina man to purchase a handgun that he used to kill nine people at a historically black church in Charleston can go forward.
January 17, 2019 Texas can bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid, appeals court panel rules A federal appeals court Thursday vacated a lower court's order prohibiting Texas from eliminating Planned Parenthood from the state's Medicaid program.