The appellate court remanded the decision back to the lower court to “align” with Supreme Court precedent. A panel of the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals overturned…
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Ninth Circuit Rules Education Department Must Implement Student Loan Relief Settlement
The department sought to redefine agreement conditions after missing a settlement deadline. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously rejected the Department of Education’s appeal to…
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Circuit Court Blocks President’s Executive Order to Tighten Mail-In Voting Rules
The order is paused in 23 states that brought the lawsuit. The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the injunction of District Judge Indira Talwani against President…
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Appeals Court Overturns Release Order for Foreign Student in Arrested in Vermont
An anti-Israel activist facing deportation is at the center of court proceedings. A federal appeals court has ruled that a lower court lacked the authority to order the…
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Circuit Court Denies Challenge of Natural Gas Deepwater Port License
The court held that three environmental groups lacked standing to bring the lawsuit. The Department of Justice announced that the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied a…
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Circuit Court Blocks Texas from Offering In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens
The court determined that the Supremacy Clause supersedes the state’s Dream Act. The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause overrides the…
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Circuit Court Upholds DHS Expansion of Expedited Deportations
A district court had placed a stay on the expansion, citing a violation of due process. A divided panel of the District of Columbia U.S. Court of Appeals…
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Supreme Court Vacates Lower Court Ruling Against Texas New Congressional Map
The lower court had found the redistricting effort unconstitutional. The Supreme Court majority reversed a district court’s judgment in Abbot v. League of United Latin American Citizens that…
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Appellate Court Rules White House Ballroom Construction May Continue
The circuit panel lifted the block on the project and sent the case back to the district court for review. The District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of…
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Supreme Court Upholds Law Officer’s Qualified Immunity
The majority found the officer did not use “gratuitous” force. The Supreme Court released a decision in Zorn v. Linton that reinforces qualified immunity and reversed a lower…
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