Trump legal team builds case against Mueller interview, cites Clinton precedent

President Trump's legal team is citing a three-pillar argument to convince investigators, and the public, that President Trump shouldn't sit down for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller. Mr. Mueller wants access to the president as part of an inquiry into suspected obstruction of justice in the firing of the special counsel's longtime friend, FBI Director James B. Comey, in May. The president's legal team has resisted but not given a firm no.

Supreme Court Asked, Again, to Weigh In on Data Breach Standing as Circuit Split Widens

CareFirst, a large health care company involved in a data breach case, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether victims can establish Article III standing to sue for the risk of future identity theft. The issue has split the federal appellate courts, with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia recently holding in CareFirst v.

FSOC gives up effort to designate MetLife as SIFI

The Financial Stability Oversight Council Thursday filed a joint motion along with insurance giant MetLife to dismiss the case challenging the council's designation of the firm as a "systemically important financial institution." The joint motion, filed Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, would bring a years-long legal fight between the firm and federal authorities to a close, although the move was widely anticipated after Donald Trump's election in 2016.

Suit by 22 state attorneys general seeks to block FCC’s net neutrality repeal

A group of 22 Democratic state attorneys general, including those from California and New York, have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of tough net neutrality rules for online traffic.

US Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Trump Voter Fraud Panel

A woman votes at a polling station inside a coffee shop in Los Angeles, March 7, 2017. The California secretary of state was among those who rejected a request for voter information from President Donald Trump's commission investigating alleged voter fraud.

DC appeals court denies stay of transgender military ban

The White House has lost another attempt to put a hold on a requirement that it allow transgender people to enlist in the military starting on Jan. 1. A decision by the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is the latest court decision to go against the White House, meaning the issue may end up before the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump tweeted in July that the federal government "will not accept or allow" transgender individuals to serve "in any capacity" in the military.

DC appeals court denies stay of transgender military ban Source: AP

The White House has lost another attempt to put a hold on a requirement that it allow transgender people to enlist in the military starting on Jan. 1. A decision by the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is the latest court decision to go against the White House, meaning the issue may end up before the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump tweeted in July that the federal government "will not accept or allow" transgender individuals to serve "in any capacity" in the military.

D.C. Circuit Appeals Court Denies Trump Attempt to Delay Trans Enlistment

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today rejected a Trump Administration request to stay District Judge Kollar-Kotelly's order that the military allow qualified transgender people to enlist beginning January 1. On December 11, District Judge Kollar-Kotelly denied the same request. Both the appeals court and Judge Kollar-Kotelly rejected the Administration's argument that the military would not be prepared to accept transgender recruits by January 1-a claim undercut by a Department of Defense memorandum issued December 8 which lays out guidance for processing transgender enlistees.

Judge finds case to hasten airline reporting about damaged wheelchairs filed in wrong court

Disabled travelers trying to speed up airline reporting about wheelchairs damaged on flights must argue case in appeals court, a judge ruled Thursday. An employee pushes a woman on a wheelchair out of the international arrivals area on Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport on Nov. 21, 2017, in Newark, N.J. WASHINGTON - Disabled travelers will have a longer wait to learn how many wheelchairs get damaged on airline flights, after a federal judge ruled that a case to speed up the reporting was filed in the wrong court.

Who Are the Supreme Court’s Biggest Feeder Judges?

From left to right: Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The path to a U.S. Supreme Court clerkship runs disproportionately through the chambers of certain circuit judges, many of whom sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and almost all of whom are white men.

DC Circuit Upholds Validity of Crossing Agreement Between Michigan…

On November 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, in Detroit International Bridge Company v. Government of Canada, et al ., affirmed the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that a 2012 "Crossing Agreement" between State of Michigan officials and the Government of Canada authorizing the construction of a second bridge to span the Detroit River separating Detroit and Windsor, Canada, was a legal exercise of their legal authority.

Air emission reporting date delayed to Jan. 22, 2018

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has extended the deadline for farmers to report air releases of hazardous substances from animal waste at livestock operations until Jan. 22, 2018. The decision postponed the effective date of the Court's April 2017 decision vacating an EPA rule that exempted these farms from certain statutory reporting obligations.