Chief Judge David Barron, First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
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Appeals Court Allows Funding to Resume for Gateway Tunnel Project
The legal dispute continues over the pause of federal reimbursement. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit declined to block a lower court order requiring President…
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Appeals Court Overturns District Judge’s Order Reinstating Frozen Federal Grants
The circuit court ruled that the case belongs in Federal Claims Court, so the district judge has no jurisdiction. The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently found…
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Third Circuit Overturns Ruling to Release Palestinian Activist
The panel found the district judge lacked jurisdiction to issue such an order. The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals overturned a district court judge’s order for the…
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Supreme Court Orders Review of Religious Exemptions to School Vaccines
Amish schools challenged a NY law mandating certain vaccinations for students to attend school. The Supreme Court ordered the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reconsider its…
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Circuit Court Allows National Guard Deployment in District of Columbia
The appellate panel determined that the nation’s capital holds a unique status, since the district was created by Congress. A panel of the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit…
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Circuit Court Rules President Can Fire Labor Board Members
A divided D.C. Circuit decision states that the positions exercise executive power and cannot be shielded from at-will removal. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
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Supreme Court to Review Dispute Over Birthright Citizenship
The justices will weigh the legality of an executive order seeking to restrict citizenship to children born to parents with legal U.S. residency status. The Supreme Court will…
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U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Free Speech Protections for NY Pregnancy Centers
The court found that pregnancy centers have the right to share information about progesterone with women. The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued a ruling this week…
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2nd Circuit Vacates Lower Court Ruling in President’s NY Criminal Case
The appellate court determined the district court must reconsider the request to move the case from state to federal court. The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals remanded…
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