Federal Appeals Court

Court rules Unabomber writings to be sold online — A federal appeals court has ordered the writings of Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski (KA-zin-SKEE) be sold online. The decision Friday upholds a lower court ruling. Proceeds from the sale will be given to Kaczynski's victims and their survivors. A judge had...... [Tags: federal appeals court, ka, proceeds, survivors, unabomber theodore kaczynski]

High Court Narrows Penalty Against Qualcomm — A federal appeals court agreed that Qualcomm violated a standards body's rules but said its punishment should be reduced.... [Tags: federal appeals court, qualcomm]

Conservatives Call On Bush To Release Gitmo Detainees — WASHINGTON — A group of conservatives is chastising the Bush administration for refusing to free 17 Turkic Muslims being held without charges at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying their continued detention defies legal principles and "undermines our standing in the world." The 10 conservatives, including legal scholars and officials who worked for Republican presidents, said the Uighurs _ a group of Muslims from China _ should be freed immediately because they are no longer considered enemy combatants. Their statement comes as a federal appeals court was set to hear arguments next week on whether the Bush administration overstepped its constitutional bounds... [Tags: associate deputy, bruce fein, constitution project, deputy attorney general, enemy combatant]

Obama Team Expected To Broker Subpoena Deal — WASHINGTON — A years-long legal dispute between the White House and Congress over testimony by President Bush's aides likely will be resolved under the incoming Obama administration, former government lawyers from both political parties agreed Wednesday. Additionally, the lawyers said Democratic President-elect Obama probably will seek to declassify more Justice Department legal memos _ as well as documents across the federal government _ than did the outgoing GOP administration. Robert Litt, a former prosecutor and top Justice Department criminal lawyer during the Clinton administration, said it's safe to assume that "a serious review of the classification system is on the... [Tags: alberto gonzales, attorney general alberto gonzales, brookings institution, classification system, congressional session]

Supreme Court To Rule On TV Censorship — Khashishi writes "The LA times and the Associated Press report that the FCC v. Fox Television Stations case is being heard in the Supreme Court. The FCC policy would impose a heavy fine on use of 'indecent' words on broadcast television, which Fox and others are claiming is a violation of free speech. The case was appealed after being ruled in Fox's favor in a federal appeals court in New York. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Antonin Scalia support the FCC policy of censorship." Here's a transcript (PDF) of the oral arguments.Read more of this story at... [Tags: antonin scalia, broadcast television, chief justice, fcc, fcc policy]

Bush Leaves His Stamp on the Federal Appeals Court Bench — Republican-appointed judges, most of them conservatives, control 10 of the 13 circuits, while judges appointed by Democrats have a dwindling majority on just one circuit according to Charlie Savage's New York Times article, Appeals Courts Pushed to Right by Bush...... [Tags: bush, circuits, conservatives, court bench, democrats]

The Double Standard of Violent Video Game Laws — Here we go again. This week, a federal appeals court in Sacramento heard arguments as to whether the government should uphold a 2005 law to regulate and ban violent video game sales to minors. We’ve already seen the same situation play out in Louisiana and Minnesota, where federal courts have struck down appeals. Other states’ attempts at [...]... [Tags: attempts, federal appeals court, federal courts, game laws, louisiana]

Court limits 'business method' patents — WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court on today ruled against a man trying to patent a business idea, a decision with far-ranging implications for the financial services and high-tech industries, which have major players on both sides of the issue.... [Tags: business idea, business method patents, court limits, federal appeals court, financial services]

Court limits 'business method' patents (AP) — AP - A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled against a man trying to patent a business idea, a decision with far-ranging implications for the financial services and high-tech industries, which have major players on both sides of the issue.... [Tags: business idea, business method patents, court limits, federal appeals court, financial services]

Court limits 'business method' patents (AP) — AP - A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled against a man trying to patent a business idea, a decision with far-ranging implications for the financial services and high-tech industries, which have major players on both sides of the issue.... [Tags: business idea, business method patents, court limits, federal appeals court, financial services]

Paula Gordon: Truthfulness, Justice and the American Way — While the fate of the nation hangs in the balance, so does that of Troy Anthony Davis (details in my 9/22/08 "Faith-Based Cruelty" post). He personifies the continuing threat to justice (and to life) of our de facto judicial system. Guilt "beyond a reasonable doubt" lies at the heart of our system. The jury (or judge) is our proxy in establishing guilt or innocence. If our proxy is deprived of vital evidence, we are all deprived of justice. Because truthfulness is at the heart of Mr. Davis' case, I turned to Paul Ekman. Dr. Ekman has devoted decades to the... [Tags: 17 years, criminal justice system, death row, deceit, facial expressions]

Your tax dollars at work: Calif. gaming law appeal on tap — Schwarzenegger's anti-game bill, which seeks to prevent the sale of violent video games to minors, will be coming before a federal appeals court this week as the Governator seeks to swing judgment day in his favor.Read More...... [Tags: dollars at work, federal appeals court, game, gaming law, governator]

Steve Parker: Search new NHTSA database for alleged deaths, injuries, property damage records of any car or truck — The government has posted on the Web a database that allows consumers to look up the number of alleged deaths, injuries and cases of property damage involving passenger vehicles. Consumer groups have sought the information, which was part of legislation passed by Congress following the massive recall of Firestone tires in 2000. It required manufacturers to provide data on complaints of deaths, injuries, property damage and warranty claims. ON THE WEB: Search the Early Warning reports The so-called "early warning" data was released Wednesday following a ruling by a federal appeals court in July that barred the government from withholding... [Tags: car accidents, congress, consumer groups, consumers, deaths]

...Appeals court halts release of 17 others — A federal appeals court Monday blocked the release of 17 Chinese Muslims into the United States from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, until it can hear further legal arguments in the case...... [Tags: chinese muslims, federal appeals court, guantanamo bay cuba, legal arguments, military prison]

Supreme Court Deals Blow To GOP Suppression Tactic — Great news on the fair elections front: WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court sided Friday with Ohio's top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations. The justices overruled a federal appeals court that had ordered Ohio's top elections official to do more to help counties verify voter eligibility. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat, faced a deadline of Friday to set up a system to provide local officials with names of newly registered voters whose driver's license numbers or Social Security numbers on voter registration forms don't match records in other government databases. A... [Tags: court deals blow, election boards, federal appeals court, gop, government databases]

Supreme Court's Ohio Decision Rejects GOP Voting Dispute — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided Friday with Ohio's top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations. The justices overruled a federal appeals court that had ordered Ohio's top elections official to do more to help counties verify voter eligibility. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat, faced a deadline of Friday to set up a system to provide local officials with names of newly registered voters whose driver's license numbers or Social Security numbers on voter registration forms don't match records in other government databases. Ohio Republicans contended the information for counties would... [Tags: america vote, campaign manager, clerical errors, court rulings, federal appeals court]

RIAA wants to appeal on contested jury instruction — The $222,000 Jammie Thomas file-swapping verdict was set aside recently by the judge, who now has second thoughts about a jury instruction he issued. The RIAA, which has no plans to drop the issue, is now pushing for a federal appeals court to look at the "making available" issue underlying the instruction.Read More...... [Tags: federal appeals court, jury instruction, riaa, second thoughts]

Appeals court rules against ban on Qualcomm chips — NEW YORK -- A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled that the International Trade Commission's ban on imports of cell phones with chips made by Qualcomm Inc. overstepped the commission's authority.... [Tags: cell phones, chips, federal appeals court, international trade commission, qualcomm]

Appeals court rules against ban on Qualcomm chips (AP) — AP - A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled that the International Trade Commission's ban on imports of cell phones with chips made by Qualcomm Inc. overstepped the commission's authority.... [Tags: cell phones, chips, federal appeals court, international trade commission, qualcomm]

Norwegian Consumer Council Wants Special Complaint Board For Copyright Lawsuits — Earlier this year, we wrote about how the Norwegian Consumer Council, an independent organization financed by the Norwegian government, was telling people not to sign letters the recording industry was demanding ISPs send to users, which would put liability for file sharing on those users without any sort of due process. Now the NCC is back suggesting a special independent committee to handle copyright infringement cases. From what's written, it sounds like it would act as a separate process for copyright holders to bring charges of copyright infringement, that avoids an expensive and overcrowded court systems, while still allowing individuals... [Tags: arbitration system, better solution, business models, complaint board, copyright infringement cases]