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were first introduced by the Federal Communications Commission under former Democratic president Barack Obama but later repealed during Republican Donald Trump's first term.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,
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Appeals court rejects Trump's latest attempt to get Friday's hush money sentencing called off
A New York judge denied Trump’s bid to delay sentencing, rejecting claims of presidential immunity. Trump’s sentencing ...
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.
Courts in ‘State of Disarray’ on Law Disarming Felons
The Supreme Court has repeatedly ducked Second Amendment challenges to the law. Starkly differing decisions from federal ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Appeals court rejects Trump’s latest attempt to delay hush money sentencing
In a one-sentence ruling following an emergency hearing, Judge Ellen Gesmer denied Mr Trump’s request for an immediate order that would spare him from being sentenced while he appeals against Judge ...
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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.