The Latest Breaking News from DC Circuit

The Food & Drug Administration Has a Vaping Problem

Something is wrong at the Food & Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products, and federal courts are beginning to notice.

Reason · Jul 8, 2022

Are a Majority of D.C. Circuit Judges Republican Appointees? The NYT Thinks So [Updated]

A New York Times piece on conservative legal challenges to climate regulations characterizes the balance of the D.C. Circuit in a most unusual way.

Reason · Jun 20, 2022

Supreme Court Decides Major Chevron Case Without Citing Chevron

American Hospital Association v. Becerra is another indication that lower courts are too quick to give agencies Chevron deference.

Reason · Jun 15, 2022

Judge James Buckley On a 1991 CADC Leak of Judge Thomas's Lamprecht Decision

"I refer to an article that appeared on September 30, 1991, in The Legal Times, which purported to report in some detail on the contents of preliminary drafts of the majority and dissenting opinions."

Reason · May 3, 2022

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Heat waves, raucous parties, and cemetery discretion.

Reason · Apr 8, 2022

Lindsey Graham says he will vote ‘no’ on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

CHARLESTON, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said he will not vote for Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court, denying President Joe Biden of another Republican vote for his historic nominee who will likely be confirmed as the first Black woman to serve…

Tribune News Service · Apr 1, 2022

Sen. Lindsey Graham says he will vote against Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

CHARLESTON, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said he will not vote for Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court, denying President Joe Biden of another Republican vote for his historic nominee who will likely be confirmed as the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s…

Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2022

Russian oligarch Deripaska loses U.S. court battle to lift sanctions

A U.S. appeals court in Washington on Tuesday rejected a bid by Russian aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripaska to lift sanctions imposed on him by the United States in 2018, finding that American officials had sufficient evidence to back up their action.

Reuters · Mar 29, 2022

DC Circuit Issues Mixed Decision in Title 42 "Public Health" Expulsion Case

The court ruled the CDC can continue to use its public health power to expel migrants, but not to countries where they are likely to face persecution or torture.

Reason · Mar 12, 2022