No Compulsory License for Internet Retransmissions of Broadcast TV

Reversing the district court's partial grant of summary judgment in favor of an internet streaming service, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit relied on the US Copyright Office's interpretation of 111 of the Copyright Act in finding that an internet streaming service does not qualify as a "cable system" under the statute and therefore is not eligible for a compulsory license to stream copyrighted content from broadcast television signals. Fox Television Stations, Inc. v.

Another appeals court to weigh Trump’s revised travel ban

For the second time in a week, government lawyers will try to persuade a federal appeals court to reinstate President Donald Trump's revised travel ban - and once again, they can expect plenty of questions Monday about whether the ban was designed to discriminate against Muslims. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled arguments in Seattle over Hawaii's lawsuit challenging the travel ban, which would suspend the nation's refugee program and temporarily bar new visas for citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

President Trumpa s ‘Animal House’ governance

Southey, a pacifist, wrote his anti-war poem long after the 1704 battle for which the Duke of Marlborough was awarded Blenheim Palace, where his great-great-great-great-great-great grandson Winston Churchill would be born. We, however, do not need to wait 94 years to doubt whether the Trump administration's action against "sanctuary cities" is much ado about not much.

Court to rehear case on FTC’s authority

A federal court will rehear a case brought by AT&T against the Federal Trade Commission, after it ruled last year that the agency does not have authority over telecommunications companies. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for the Northern District of California said it will rehear the case before a full panel of judges.

Trumpa s comments on Muslims could haunt him in appeals court

The first federal appeals court to hear a challenge to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban appeared unconvinced that it should ignore the Republican's repeated promises on the campaign trail to bar Muslims from entering the country. An attorney for the president urged the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday to focus on the text of the religiously neutral executive order rather than use campaign statements to infer that the policy was driven by anti-Muslim sentiment.

Court revives baggage fee lawsuit against American Airlines

A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit seeking the return of baggage fees to passengers whose luggage was delayed or lost on flights with an airline that merged with American Airlines. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday that the lawsuit provided sufficient evidence for its claim that the former US Airways promised to deliver bags when passengers landed.

News 50 mins ago 3:58 p.m.Judge calls for return of the guillotine

"It's 100 percent effective, and it leaves no doubt that what we are doing is a violent thing," Ninth Circuit Appeals Court Judge Alex Kozinski said in an interview with "60 Minutes" Lesley Stahl , "If we're going to take human life, if we're going to execute people, if the state is going to snuff out a human being," he says, "we should not fool ourselves into thinking that it's anything but a violent, brutal act."

Difficult legal path forward for Trump in sanctuary cities case

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after signing the Antiquities Executive Order at the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC, U.S. April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Even if President Donald Trump wins an appeal of a court ruling blocking his executive order on sanctuary cities, arguments made by the government in the case could permanently harm its efforts to cut off wide swaths of federal funding to targeted cities, some legal experts say.

What could be next for Trump’s sanctuary cities order

President Donald Trump is lashing out at a judge's ruling blocking his attempt to strip funds from "sanctuary cities" that don't cooperate with U.S. immigration authorities, calling it "ridiculous" and vowing to go to the U.S. Supreme Court. It was the third Trump executive order on immigration to be thwarted by the federal courts.

‘See you in the Supreme Court!’: Trump vows to challenge ruling on sanctuary cities

President Donald Trump vowed a Supreme Court challenge to a federal court ruling striking down his executive order to punish so-called "sanctuary cities." U.S. District Judge William Orrick III of the 9th Circuit Court blocked Trump's Jan. 25 executive order withholding federal funds from cities that offer safe harbor to undocumented immigrants.

Priebus: US Court Went ‘Bananas’ in Blocking Trump’s Order

White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said a federal district court in California went "bananas" in blocking President Donald Trump's order blocking funding to sanctuary cities Tuesday. "It's the Ninth Circuit going bananas," Priebus told reporters in his office in the West Wing of the White House late Tuesday, The Hill reported.

New UK Government Could Reverse Brexit, European Parliament President Says

May, who took office in July after an internal Conservative Party leadership race, wants the election to increase her majority in Parliament and consolidate her power as she faces both pro-EU opposition politicians and hard-core Brexit-backers inside her own party. The Liberal Democrats are targeting Remain-voting Labour seats in the North of England where voters feel "betrayed by Jeremy Corbyn's support for a divisive hard Brexit", Mr Farron said.

Father of fallen Muslim-American soldier decries travel ban

The father of a Muslim-American soldier who died in combat in Iraq has filed an amicus brief supporting a federal judge's decision to block President Donald Trump 's revised travel ban. Gold Star father Khizr Khan drew national attention when he criticized the anti-Muslim rhetoric of then-Republican nominee Trump during the Democratic National Convention .