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DOJ Reverses Course on Trump Law Firm Sanctions

Feds ask to dismiss cases, then try to withdraw request

(Newser) - In a whiplash-inducing move, the Justice Department is now back to defending President Trump's sanctions on several major law firms—less than a day after saying it would walk away from the fight. In a new filing Tuesday, government lawyers told the federal appeals court in Washington they plan...

Court Upholds $1M Penalty Over 'Frivolous' Trump Lawsuit

Federal appeals court rejects president's attempt to revive Hillary Clinton lawsuit

(Newser) - A federal appeals court has upheld a nearly $1 million penalty against President Trump and attorney Alina Habba, ruling they engaged in "sanctionable conduct" by pursuing a baseless lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey, and others.
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Supreme Court Will Decide if Drug Users Can Own Guns

Trump administration backs federal law under which Hunter Biden was convicted

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has agreed to review a federal law that prohibits frequent users of illegal drugs from owning firearms—the same law under which Hunter Biden was convicted last year before receiving a pardon. This case centers on Ali Daniel Hemani, described as a regular marijuana user, who was...

Appeals Court Approves Ban on Guns on Public Transport

Federal court reverses lower court's decision on Illinois ban

(Newser) - A federal appeals court has approved Illinois' ban on carrying firearms on public transit, reversing a lower court decision that found the prohibition violated the Second Amendment. The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals delivered its opinion on Tuesday. Judge Joshua Kolar wrote in the majority opinion for a three-judge...

Court Rules Against Trump's Tariffs, but With a Catch

Federal appeals court leaves tariffs in place for now so administration can appeal to Supreme Court

(Newser) - A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Trump had no legal right to impose sweeping tariffs on almost every country on Earth but left in place for now his effort to build a protectionist wall around the American economy. The ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the...

NY Court Throws Out Massive Fraud Penalty Against Trump

New York court calls $515M+ award over whether president inflated his assets 'excessive'

(Newser) - An appeals court has thrown out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Trump, ruling Thursday in New York state's lawsuit accusing him of exaggerating his wealth. A panel of five judges in New York's mid-level Appellate Division said the verdict, which stood to cost Trump more than...

Court Lets Administration Block Billions Allocated to Foreign Aid

Appeals panel finds only GAO can challenge the freezes

(Newser) - A federal appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to continue withholding billions in foreign aid funding already allocated by Congress. The case revolved around President Trump's use of impoundment—the authority to delay or block spending. Aid groups had argued that power has strict legal limits, the...

DOGE Gets the OK to Access Sensitive Federal Data
DOGE Scores Another Court Win
Aug 13, 2025 8:19 AM CDT

DOGE Scores Another Court Win

Judges allow review of Americans' data from Treasury, Education Departments

(Newser) - A federal appeals court has ruled that teams from the Department of Government Efficiency can tap into sensitive databases at several federal agencies, reversing a previous block on their access . The 2-1 decision Tuesday by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals permits DOGE to retrieve information from the Treasury...

After Years-Long Fight, Uvalde School Board Relents

Decision is made to release Robb Elementary shooting records

(Newser) - After more than three years of legal disputes, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District board on Monday voted unanimously to release records from the 2022 Robb Elementary mass shooting, an attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The decision follows a Texas appeals court's ruling last...

Court to ICE: Send Detained College Student to Vermont

Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk has been held in Louisiana detention center for 6 weeks

(Newser) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a judge's order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England for hearings to determine whether her rights were violated and if she should be released. Denying a government request for a delay,...

Sarah Palin Begins Her Second Attempt to Prove Libel

Her new trial against the New York Times is getting underway

(Newser) - Sarah Palin is back in court Monday to once again make her case that the New York Times libeled her in 2017. As NPR notes, she lost her first attempt in a 2022 trial, but a "judge's misstep" has led to the second go-round that opens this...

Court: Wife Who Refused Sex Not to Blame for Divorce

ECHR rules in favor of Frenchwoman who absorbed all the blame during divorce proceedings in 2012

(Newser) - It's been 13 years since a French couple sought to end their marriage, but their legal case has just now wrapped up—with the wife finally vindicated by Europe's highest human-rights court of being the sole cause of their marital demise. The BBC reports that the 69-year-old Frenchwoman...

Appeals Court Rebuffs Yet Another TikTok Ask

Mid-January deadline for possible US ban of platform will stay in place

(Newser) - A federal appeals court on Friday left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States, rejecting a request made by the company to halt enforcement until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge of the statute. Attorneys...

Appeals Court Upholds US Ban of TikTok

It's a 'resounding defeat' for the social media platform based in China, will require ban or sale

(Newser) - A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the US. The US Court of Appeals for the District...

Court Delivers Blow to Mississippi's Mail-In Voting

Appeals court says ballots arriving after Election Day are null; ruling likely won't affect Nov. 5 vote

(Newser) - A conservative federal court said Mississippi can't count mail-in ballots that arrive shortly after Election Day, though Friday's decision wasn't expected to affect the Nov. 5 election. Although the appellate judges firmly asserted that counting late ballots violates federal law, even if those ballots are postmarked by...

New York's Top Court Declines Trump's Gag Order Appeal

Court of Appeals finds gag order in hush-money trial doesn't raise 'substantial' constitutional issues

(Newser) - New York's top court declined on Tuesday to hear Donald Trump's gag order appeal, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. As the AP reports, the Court of Appeals found that the order doesn't raise "substantial" constitutional issues that would warrant an...

Court Rejects Hunter Biden's Bid
Court Rejects Hunter Biden's Bid
May 9, 2024 4:45 PM CDT

Court Rejects Hunter Biden's Bid

Appeals panel lets gun case go to trial next month

(Newser) - Hunter Biden's federal gun case should move forward, an appeals court ruled Thursday, setting the stage for the president's son to stand trial on criminal charges next month in Delaware. Hunter Biden's lawyers went to the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals after the judge overseeing the...

Trump's Georgia Trial Likely Just Got Delayed

Appeals court will review whether Fani Willis should be allowed to continue to prosecute

(Newser) - A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against former President Trump, reports the AP . Trump and some other defendants in the case had tried to get Willis...

Navarro Is Due in Prison After Supreme Court Passes

Former Trump aide had asked justices to let him stay free while he appealed contempt charge

(Newser) - Given the opportunity to keep Peter Navarro out of prison, at least for now, the Supreme Court on Monday declined. That means the former aide in the Trump White House remains scheduled to show up at a federal prison in Miami at 2pm Tuesday, Politico reports. Navarro's emergency motion...

Court Dumps Florida's 'Positively Dystopian' 'Stop WOKE' Law

Administration 'reviewing all options' after court rejection

(Newser) - A court has ruled that one of the signature laws of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is unlawful. A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (WOKE) Act, also known as the Individual Freedom Act, "exceeds the bounds of the First Amendment....

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