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Senate confirms controversial Obama nominee for Chicago appeals court
Washington :: DC :: USA | 12 days ago
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District Judge David Hamilton for the Chicago-based federal appeals court, approving a nominee targeted by conservatives as a liberal activist. Hamilton was approved on a 59-39 vote and became the eighth of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees to...
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Vick entitled to bonus money
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 21 days ago
Credibility A federal appeals court yesterday backed the judge who ruled against the NFL and let quarterback Michael Vick keep more than $16 million in roster bonuses from the Atlanta Falcons. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Judge David Doty's order...
Tags: Michael Vick, Circuit Court of Appeals, atlanta falcons, Atlanta, Steelers, bonus money, federal appeals
US Supreme Court asked to hear R-71 case
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Supreme Court has been asked to rule on whether people who sign a referendum should have their names made public. The Supreme Court has been asked to rule on whether people who signed a referendum on gay rights should have their names made public. Backers...
Tags: US Supreme Court, Washington, appeals court, court asked, domestic partners, gay rights, federal appeals
Congress to look into Vikings suspension case
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Friday, October 9, 2009 at 8:37 a.m...The House Energy and Commerce Committee plans to conduct a hearing next month on the case of two professional football players whose suspensions were blocked by a federal appeals court.
Tags: Congress, federal appeals, appeals court, committee plans, commerce committee, house energy, football players, Associated Press, professional football
High court rejects 'Choose Life' plates case
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Supreme Court began its new term Monday morning by rejecting several cases, including one attempting to force Illinois to issue "Choose Life" license plates. The high court rejected the case by the anti-abortion group Choose Life Illinois Inc., which...
Tags: Choose Life Illinois Inc., license plate, AM Illinois, Illinois Route, The Supreme Court, supreme courts, federal appeals
Death sentence upheld for coed killer
Fargo :: ND :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility A federal appeals court panel Tuesday upheld the death sentence of the man convicted of kidnapping and killing a University of North Dakota student in 2003...Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., of Crookston, Minn., received a fair trial...
Tags: death sentence, Dru Sjodin, Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., Crookston, Minnesota, appeals court, federal appeals, Circuit Court of Appeals, Fargo
Court Strikes Down Regulations Limiting Nonprofits' Campaign Spending
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Circuit made the ruling in a lawsuit brought by Emily's List, which backs women Democratic candidates who support abortion rights. The group had challenged the regulations, which went into effect in 2005, as being an unconstitutional infringement on its...
Tags: Washington, campaign finance, Emily, federal appeals, political spend, federal elections, Democratic
Tribe prevails in air quality fight with Mich.
Traverse City :: MI :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Dingell sets record for service in House John Dingell first entered the House chamber as a 6-year-old, the son of a Michigan congressman who was elected at the dawn of the New Deal era. Now 82, Dingell will walk into the Capitol on Wednesday as the House's...
Tags: air quality, Michigan, Environmental Protection Agency, quality fight, Forest County Potawatomi Community, federal appeals, appeals court, tribe prevails, highest level, quality standards
Court upholds ban on hymn at Wash. graduation
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Barring an instrumental performance of a Christian hymn at a high school graduation did not violate students' First Amendment rights and was within the school superintendent's discretion, a divided federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday...Tallman described...
Tags: school graduation, Wash, federal appeals
Legal Troubles Might Lie in Wait for Ashcroft
Boise :: ID :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Did former Attorney General John Ashcroft violate the Constitution in his handling of certain national security investigations shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks? According to the Los Angeles Times, a “three-judge panel of the U.S.
Tags: John Ashcroft, attorney general, general john, appeals court, U.S, Bush, federal appeals, terrorist attack, material witnesses, held liable
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