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POLITICS / NEWS Wed Jun 18, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- The Justice Department overreached in prosecuting a former Bush administration official in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, a federal appeals court said Tuesday as it dismissed some charges and ordered a new trial on others. The decision overturns t.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sat Aug 4, 2007 @ 12:48pm neoform

Washington Post -- A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that FBI agents violated the Constitution during their search of Rep. William J. Jefferson's Capitol Hill office last year, and ordered the agency to return all privileged materials. In a 3 to 0 ruling, the U.S... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sat Jul 7, 2007 @ 8:19pm neoform

Washington Post -- A federal appeals court removed a serious legal challenge to the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program yesterday, overruling the only judge who held that a controversial surveillance effort by the National Security Agency was unconstitutio.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 4:46pm neoform

BBC News -- Former White House official Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been told he cannot delay starting his jail term while he appeals against his conviction. Libby was found guilty of obstruction of justice and perjury over the inquiry into the unmasking of CIA agen.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sun Dec 17, 2006 @ 1:12am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- The Bush administration asked an appeals court Wednesday to overrule a federal judge and allow the White House to keep secret any records of visitors to Vice President Dick Cheney's residence and office... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Dec 11, 2007 @ 6:43pm neoform

CBS News -- A federal appeals court ruled that some portions of the U.S. Patriot Act that govern dealings with foreign terrorist organizations are unconstitutional because the language is too vague to be understood by an ordinary person. The ruling released Monday.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 8:06am neoform

Washington Post -- President Bush commuted the sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby yesterday, sparing Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff 2 1/2 years in prison after a federal appeals court had refused to let Libby remain free while he appeals his conviction for.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed May 9, 2007 @ 8:27am neoform

FOX News -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to reconsider a ruling that struck down the District of Columbia's long-standing handgun control law, setting up a potential showdown in the Supreme Court over the Second Amendment. The decision by the full U... Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Thu Mar 22, 2007 @ 11:12am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- CITING THE second comma of the 2nd Amendment, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled March 9 that district residents may keep guns ready to shoot in their homes. Plaintiffs in Shelly Parker et al vs. District of Columbia w.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Mar 9, 2007 @ 11:10pm neoform

Associated Press -- A federal appeals court overturned the District of Columbia's long-standing handgun ban Friday, rejecting the city's argument that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applied only to militias. In a 2-1 decision, the judges held that the activities.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Mar 9, 2007 @ 8:21pm neoform

Bloomberg -- A U.S. appeals court struck down a three-decade-old District of Columbia law that bans residents from keeping a handgun in their homes, saying the Constitution's Second Amendment protects an individual right to bear arms. The U.S. Court of Appeals for.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Dec 15, 2006 @ 10:42am mrmdc

MSNBC -- The Bush administration asked an appeals court Wednesday to overrule a federal judge and allow the White House to keep secret any records of visitors to Vice President Dick Cheney's residence and office... Read More