A Federal Appeals Court Just Shredded the First Amendment of the Internet
Politics / Corporate-friendly judges have overturned net neutrality, and Trump’s FCC will only make things worse. John Nichols The ability of the Federal Communications Commission to establish and maintain net neutrality rules was overturned on the second day of 2025 by a trio of Republican judicial appointees on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Gun Litigation Will Keep Federal Appeals Courts Busy in 2025
AR-15 bans, gun-free parks, and felon disarmament measures are among the issues before federal appeals courts in 2025.
What is net neutrality? Why a federal appeals court struck down the FCC rules
The FCC's net neutrality rules prevented internet service providers from throttling or blocking some content or charging more to deliver it.
Net neutrality rules about internet speeds blocked by federal appeals court
A federal appeals court has ruled that the FCC overstepped its authority by reinstating "net neutrality" rules governing internet service providers.
US Court of Appeals rules against effort to restore net neutrality
Net neutrality may have hit its final roadblock. In a new decision filed today, the Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals has ruled that the FCC does not have the "statutory authority" to implement net neutrality rules.
Biden FCC Net-Neutrality Rules Effort Blocked by US Appeals Court
The Trump administration will kill off any attempt to introduce net neutrality by executive order, signed by President Joe Biden in 2021.
Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC's Net Neutrality Rules, Citing Supreme Court Decision
A US federal appeals court on Thursday struck down net neutrality regulations that had pit telecommunications companies and internet service providers against the Federal Communications Commission.The ruling comes after the FCC voted last year to restore regulations that would require ISPs,
Court Ruling Kills Net-Neutrality Rules That Were Already Doomed
The US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit holds that residential and mobile broadband had been an 'information service' all along.
Court strikes down US net neutrality rules
Such rules were first introduced by the Federal Communications Commission under former Democratic president Barack Obama but later repealed during Republican Donald Trump's first term. The decision, just as Trump is poised to enter the White House for a second term,
Judges topple gun restrictions as courts chart an uncertain path forward
More than two years after the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally expanded its interpretation of the Second Amendment, federal ...
Editorial Roundup: United States
As a new Congress is sworn in Friday, this might seem like a bad time to talk about raising federal lawmakers’ pay. A government funding package failed last month, throwing Washington into a frantic ...
Appeals Court Overturns Biden Net-Neutrality Rules in Blow to Democrats
The three-judge panel cited the Supreme Court’s Chevron deference decision that scaled back the powers of federal agencies.
Trump co-defendants ask Judge Cannon to block release of special counsel report
Lawyers for Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira asked Judge Aileen Cannon to issue an order barring AG Merrick Garland from publicly releasing the report by Jan. 10.
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Biden asks justices to allow enforcement of anti-money-laundering law
The Biden administration came to the Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon, asking the justices to let it enforce an ...
Legal Issues to Watch in the US Appeals Courts in 2025
These four major issues percolating in the federal appeals courts could work their way up to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Griffin, trailing in race, tries to make North Carolina Supreme Court election a matter of states' rights
Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin trails Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs in their race for a seat on the state ...
Judge largely blocks Tennessee’s porn site age verification law as other states enforce theirs
A Tennessee law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of its visitors was largely blocked in court before taking ...
Enforcement of Anti-Money-Laundering Law Blocked After Court Reversal
Businesses will not have to reveal their owners after an appeals court reversed a move that would have forced them to ...
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Matt Johnson sworn in as chief justice of Waco's 10th Court of Appeals
Matt Johnson was sworn in Thursday as chief justice of Waco's 10th Court of Appeals, the intermediate state appellate court's first new chief justice in more than 20 years.