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US Court of Appeals stories: 12 news summaries

 FCC to Probe Nipplegate, Again 

Says CBS should have used tape delay to prevent incident

Sep 16, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five years after the nation saw a split-second of Janet Jackson’s right boob, the FCC is trying to reopen the case, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The FCC is asking the Third Circuit Appeals Court to remand the case back to the agency. The evidence “strongly suggests that... More »

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CBS • FCC • Super Bowl • Janet Jackson • US Court of Appeals • wardrobe malfunction • US Supreme Court • Federal Communications Commission

Federal Court Ruling
Shakes Up Cable Industry

FCC limit doesn't take into account other sources of competition, court rules

Aug 28, 09 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a decision that could revolutionize the communications industry, a federal appeals court has struck down an FCC rule prohibiting a cable TV company from serving more than 30% of the market, Reuters reports. The court declared the rule "arbitrary and capricious,” noting that cable operators face competition... More »

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Congress • Comcast • FCC • Cablevision • US Court of Appeals • antitrust • sattelite • telecom • Cox Communications • Charter Communications

ANALYSIS

Court Tests Limit on Death Penalty Appeals

Constitution doesn't forbid executing the innocent: Scalia

Aug 18, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court’s ruling that Troy Davis deserves a new hearing raises questions about how far the legal system is willing to go to make sure an executed man is actually guilty, writes David Von Drehle for Time. Under a 1996 law limiting death-penalty appeals, Davis is out of... More »

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death penalty • Antonin Scalia • murder • execution • US Court of Appeals • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • Troy Davis

analysis

Sotomayor's Record Reveals Rigor, Little Else

Dispassionate rulings exhaustive, but show
no larger vision

May 27, 09 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor’s decisions “are not always a pleasure to read,” writes Adam Liptak of the New York Times, but “they are usually models of modern judicial craftsmanship.” They are exhaustive and technical, with even uncontroversial propositions justified with detailed footnotes. They also reveal strikingly... More »

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US Court of Appeals • justice • US Supreme Court • ruling • decision • Sonia Sotomayor • Ricci v. DeStefano

Moderate Is Obama's First Court Nominee

President to pick judge with bipartisan backing for Seventh Circuit

Mar 17, 09 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will make his first judicial appointment this week, choosing a moderate judge for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, sources tell the New York Times. The selection of David Hamilton, an Indiana judge with bipartisan support, is meant to signal the administration's effort to reduce the... More »

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Barack Obama • US Court of Appeals • judge • confirmation hearings • federal judges • Lee Hamilton • judicial nominations • Obama administration

(Newser) - The fate of 17 Chinese Muslims imprisoned at Guantanamo since 2002 remains in flux after the DC Circuit Court of Appeals blocked their release to the US today. That reverses a lower court ruling that said the prisoners—members of the Uighur ethnic group who are no longer considered enemy... More »

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China • War on Terror • federal courts • US Court of Appeals • Guantanamo prisoners • Chinese Muslims

In 8 Years, Bush Revolutionized Appeals Courts

Below the high court, conservative judges for decades to come

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... More »

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

Unabomber: Don't Use My Cabin in Exhibit

Kaczynski doesn't
want his old home on display at Newseum

Aug 12, 08 10:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski isn’t happy that his Montana cabin is featured in a museum exhibit about the FBI’s first 100 years. In a letter to the US Court of Appeals, Kaczynski writes that the Newseum’s display of the 10-by-12-foot cabin where he was captured flouts the... More »

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FBI • US Court of Appeals • serial killers • Newseum • Ted Kaczynski

Late-Term Abortion Ban Overruled in Va.

Federal appeals court strikes down law prohibiting procedure

May 20, 08 10:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal appeals court struck down Virginia’s ban on a late-term abortion procedure, ruling that the law burdened a woman’s right to choose, Reuters reports. Although the Supreme Court upheld a similar federal law last year, the appeals court ruled that Virginia's ban went further because it provided... More »

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abortion • pregnancy • abortion rights • US Court of Appeals • doctor • partial birth • court cases • US Supreme Court

Court Refuses
to Reinstate Mumia's Death Sentence

Pa. judges order life in prison, or new hearing

Mar 27, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Famed death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal earned some measure of triumph today as a US appeals court refused to reinstate his death sentence, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Abu-Jamal was convicted in 1982 of killing a Philly cop, and has fought for retrial. The court upheld the conviction but said Abu-Jamal should... More »

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death penalty • crime • murder • US Court of Appeals • cop killer • Batson v. Kentucky • Mumia Abu-Jamal • MOVE • Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal

Court Lifts Ban
on Sex Toys
in Texas

Only three Southern states have similar laws on the books

Feb 14, 08 8:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Sex toys got a pardon in the Lone Star State yesterday, when a federal appeals court overturned a law banning their sale. The court ruled that the law prohibiting the possession of six or more devices used primarily for sexual stimulation violates the right to privacy. The decision cites a... More »

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Texas • US Court of Appeals • sex toys

Federal Court Orders Military to Free Civilian

Ruling rebukes Bush administration, which plans to appeal

Jun 11, 07 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US may not keep a civilian believed to be an enemy combatant in military custody, a federal appeals court ruled today, finding that President Bush "cannot eliminate constitutional protections with the stroke of a pen." The administration quickly announced its intention to appeal the decision that Ali... More »

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Bush administration • federal courts • enemy combatants • Ali al Marri • US Court of Appeals • Qatar • Guantanamo Bay • court • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush

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