September 27, 2017 Federal court: NC commissioners' prayer practice violates U.S. Constitution A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a North Carolina county’s practice of opening commissioners’ meetings with Christian prayers – and inviting the audience to join in – is unconstitutional.
September 26, 2017 Dem states can defend ObamaCare subsidies, court rules An appellate court has allowed a group of Democratic state attorneys general to defend and uphold subsidy payments to insurance companies under ObamaCare -- a critical part of funding that President Trump has threatened to slash.
September 19, 2017 Cake artist at center of religious freedom case files opening brief at Supreme Court Lawyers for a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple on religious grounds fired the first shot in the latest high-profile "religious liberty" case to come before the Supreme Court.
September 19, 2017 Trump travel ban scope rejected by appeals court A federal appeals court handed the Trump administration another defeat over its revised travel ban Thursday, ruling that grandparents, cousins and similarly close relations of people already in the U.S. should not be prevented from coming to the country.
September 18, 2017 Trump travel ban can continue for now, Supreme Court decides The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a lower court's ruling that would have eased President Donald Trump's revised travel ban and allowed up to 24,000 refugees to enter the country before the end of October.
July 5, 2017 Appeals court upholds ban on gun sales to medical marijuana card holders A federal government ban on the sale of guns to medical marijuana card holders does not violate the 2nd Amendment, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.
May 24, 2017 Judges divided over power of federal consumer agency Federal appeals judges are divided as they hear arguments over whether the president should be able to more easily fire the head of the government's consumer finance watchdog agency.
May 24, 2017 Trump travel ban: Bill Clinton-appointed judges to decide Hawaii appeal Former President Bill Clinton appointed the three judges who will hear the appeal of Hawaii’s challenge to President Trump’s travel ban targeting six predominantly Muslim countries.
May 24, 2017 Trump travel ban: Appeals court casts skeptical eye at revised order A federal appeals court expressed strong skepticism Monday toward President Trump's claims of authority in the first hearing on his revised travel ban, signaling in a lively oral argument the judges could strike down parts of the executive order that sought to suspend travel and refugee admissions from certain mostly Muslim countries.
April 11, 2017 Federal appeals court decision on ObamaCare subsidies <p>The following is the federal appeals court decision on ObamaCare subsidies.</p>
