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In 8 Years, Bush Revolutionized Appeals Courts

Below the high court, conservative judges for decades to come

New York Times New York Times Oct 29, 08 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - George W. Bush's two appointments tilted the Supreme Court to the right—but it's at the appellate level where his judicial legacy is greatest. The president has appointed fully a third of all appeals court judges, and Republican appointees now control 10 of the 13 circuits. The result, writes the New York Times , is a conservative legal revolution with consequences for everything from abortion laws to civil rights. More »

More about:  George W. Bush • US Supreme Court • judge • conservatives • US Appeals court • US Court of Appeals • judicial nominations

Appeals Court Halts Release of 17 at Gitmo

Goverment seeks to reverse decision to free Chinese Muslims

AFP AFP Oct 9, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - An appeals court has blocked the release of 17 Chinese Muslim detainees at Guantanamo Bay after the Bush administration filed an emergency motion. A lower court had ruled that the men, members of the Uighur minority who have been imprisoned for 7 years, must be released. That decision also said that the detainees should be admitted to the United States, as they would likely face torture if they returned to China. More »

More about:  China • Bush administration • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • US Appeals court • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims

Court Voids
2 Terrorism Convictions

Blow to administration as Yemeni defendants get a new trial

New York Times New York Times Oct 3, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - An appeals court yesterday overturned the verdicts of two men convicted of terrorist offenses in a case once hailed by the Bush administrations as a major triumph, the New York Times reports. The court ruled that inflammatory and irrelevant testimony prejudiced the trial of a Yemeni cleric and his assistant. The case will now return to the lower court—but the appellate judges took the rare step of assigning it to a new judge. More »

More about:  terrorism • terrorist • Yemen • US Appeals court • overturned verdict

Court Likens Gitmo Case to Absurd Poem

Lewis Carroll cited
in mocking decision
to void detention

New York Times New York Times Jul 1, 08 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - In ruling that a Gitmo detainee has been improperly held for 6 years, a federal appeals court deemed the government's standard of evidence on par with an absurdist poem of the 19th century. The DC Court of Appeals voided the detention of Huzaifa Parhat last week, but yesterday it released the unclassified text of its unanimous decision, which contains sharp rebukes to the Bush administration and the Pentagon, reports the New York Times . More »

More about:  Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • US Appeals court • Uighurs • Boumediene • Huzaifa Parhat

Polygamy Kids Could Be Back Home in 10 Days

Texas must appeal surprise ruling or
send children back

Time Time May 23, 08 4:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday's surprise court ruling in favor of a polygamous sect has Texas authorities scrambling, Time reports. An appeals judge ruled that the state had no right to seize children suspected of being sexually abused from the Yearning for Zion ranch. Officials now must appeal the ruling or return the children within 10 days More »

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 Texas Court: Return Kids
to Polygamy Sect 

Appellate body finds no evidence more than 460 children were in danger

Houston Chronicle Houston Chronicle May 22, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas appeals court found today that authorities, acting on "no evidence," and supported only by a "general allegation" of impropriety, should not have removed more than 460 children from a polygamist compound, the Dallas Morning News reports. The panel also said a local court "abused its discretion" in authorizing an April 3 raid and ordered the children returned. More »

Appeals Court Nixes Sonar Exemption Claim by Navy

But court sets aside protections for marine life for another 30 days

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Mar 2, 08 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The US Navy is not exempt from laws that ban whale-harming sonar, a federal appeals court has ruled. The Bush administration had contested an earlier ruling, arguing that halting sonar use when whales are nearby poses "significant restrictions on our ability to train realistically." Whales and dolphins have been found dead of bleeding around the brain near training sites, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

More about:  US Navy • whale • Southern California • US Appeals court • marine life • sonar • dolphins • submarine training

No Horseplay Allowed When Naming One

The Jockey Club screens names for vulgarity, offensiveness

Slate Slate Oct 2, 07 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Good luck giving your racehorse a racy name. Horse racing's governing body goes to great lengths to squash obscene monikers; censors check proposed thoroughbred name requests against a slang dictionary, and phonetics software weeds out ones that might be, or sound, offensive. Of the 60,000 names submitted to the Jockey Club annually, about one-third are rejected, reports Slate.  More »

More about:  horse racing • US Appeals court

Appeals Court Rejects FCC Decency Rules

Broadcasters can't be punished for airing "fleeting expletives" 

Financial Times (UK) Financial Times (UK) Jun 5, 07 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Networks that accidentally air profanity got a major break from a US appeals court yesterday when the court  shot down an FCC regulation that punishes them for airing even "fleeting expletives." The court said some of the FCC's indecency rules were "divorced from reality" and sent them back to the agency for clarification. More »

More about:  television • FCC • censorship • Fox • Super Bowl • appeal • Janet Jackson • indecency • US Appeals court • Billboard Music awards • Nicole Ritchie • Cher

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