Senate Democrats Vow To Block Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer talks to journalist after attending the Senate Democrat party leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S. November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX2TZEA Senate Democrats will attempt to block President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, regardless of who the president selects to fill the vacancy.

17 state attorneys general ask to defend CFPB; cite Trump

Attorneys general from 17 states are seeking to defend the U.S. consumer watchdog agency in court amid speculation that President Donald Trump may fire its director, Richard Cordray. The attorneys general, all Democrats, said in a court filing Monday they have "a vital interest in defending an independent and effective" Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and are seeking to intervene in a case over whether its structure is constitutional.

Judicial Watch Wins Appeal: Court Rules State Department Can Be…

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement regarding today's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a case that would require Secretary of State John Kerry to seek the help of the attorney general in recovering additional Hillary Clinton emails: The courts seem to be fed up with the Obama administration's refusal to enforce the rule of law on the Clinton emails. Today's appeals court ruling rejects the Obama State Department's excuses justifying its failure to ask the attorney general, as the law requires, to pursue the recovery of the Clinton emails.

U.S. appeals court revives Clinton email suit

In a new legal development on the controversy over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails, an appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling and said two U.S. government agencies should have done more to recover the emails. The ruling from Judge Stephen Williams, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, revives one of a number of legal challenges involving Clinton's handling of government emails when she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.

As Obama’s nominees languish in GOP Senate, Trump to inherit more than 100 court vacancies

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, attends a Hanukkah reception hosted by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. Senate Republicans refused to hold even a hearing on Obama's nomination of Garland, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Court rejects injunction to block DoL fiduciary rule

A federal appeals court has rejected an annuities trade group's request to postpone the implementation deadline for Department of Labor's fiduciary rule, the latest legal setback for opponents of the controversial regulation. A three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied the National Association for Fixed Annuities' emergency motion to delay the rule, concluding that the group "has not satisfied the stringent requirements for an injunction pending appeal."

Federal appeals court puts ACA lawsuit on hold

A federal appeals court ordered Monday that a lawsuit filed against the Affordable Care Act by lawyers for the House of Representatives be put on temporary hold until after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. The order issued by the US District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reflects the change of administration, and it delays the briefing schedule in the case until Trump is in office.

Federal appeals court puts Obamacare case on hold until after Trump takes office

A federal appeals court on Monday agreed to put on hold until after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January the Obama administration's appeal of a judge's ruling favoring a Republican challenge to a key part of the Obamacare law. The action by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was a victory for the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives, which filed the challenge to the 2010 law and asked the court for the delay.

Creators of U.S. consumer agency rise to defend it in court

Nov 29 The U.S. lawmakers who helped bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into being rose to defend it on Tuesday, urging the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to review a ruling that poses an existential threat to the agency. In an amicus brief, 21 current and former members of Congress said the whole court should review a decision reached by three of its judges in October that the CFPB's sole director has too much power and that the President should have power to fire the director.

BRIEF-Kinder Morgan says Government of Canada has granted approval…

Petro Vista Energy says got approval from Brazil National Oil Agency to close sale of Petro Vista Energy Petroleo Do Brasil * Petro Vista Energy Corp says gets approval from Brazil National Oil Agency to close sale of Petro Vista Energy Petroleo Do Brasil Ltda Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: WASHINGTON, Nov 29 The U.S. lawmakers who helped bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into being rose to defend it on Tuesday, urging the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to review a ruling that poses an existential threat to the agency.

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WASHINGTON, Nov 29 President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as his nominee for Treasury secretary, a source said on Tuesday, putting a Wall Street veteran in the top U.S. economic Cabinet post for the first time in eight years.

Appeals court upholds conviction of bin Laden assistant

WASHINGTON >> A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the conspiracy conviction of a Guantanamo Bay detainee who once served as Osama bin Laden's personal assistant. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 6-3 that a military tribunal was authorized to convict Ali Hamza al-Bahlul of conspiracy charges.

George F. Will: a judicial slap to a careless Congress

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- Another small step was taken last week on the steep and winding ascent back to constitutional norms. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the nation's second-most important court, did its judicial duty by reprimanding Congress for abandoning constitutional propriety.

Court: Construction can resume on small stretch of pipeline

A federal appeals court has opened the door for construction to resume on a small stretch of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline while it considers an appeal by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The tribe had asked the U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to continue work stoppage on the pipeline within 20 miles of Lake Oahe in North Dakota.

Supreme Court Begins New Term Amid Critical Uncertainty

It is business as usual for the Supreme Court justices despite the irresolution of the vacancy left by the untimely death of conservative-leaning Justice Antonin Scalia earlier this year. On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by the Washington Redskins in which the NFL team was challenging the decision to cancel the team's trademarks after critics deemed it offensive to Native Americans.