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A divided federal appeals court has thrown out an agreement that would have allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal that would have spared him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s 2001 attacks

From Doe v. Hill, decided today by D.C. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett, joined by Judges Neomi Rao and Judith Rogers:… The post No Pseudonymity for Would-Be FDIC Employee Challenging Ban on Employment of Felons appeared first on Reason.com.

Catastrophic security leak sparks calls for investigations. Here is your roundup of key US politics stories from 24 March 2025

One judge questioned whether Nazi defendants received more due process in the US than Venezuelans deported under Trump.

A panel of appeals court judges appeared divided Monday on a Trump administration push to lift an order blocking deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law

Judges question whether government can deport alleged Tren de Aragua members without chance to challenge removal

In last week's People for Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Tabak, the D.C. Circuit (in an opinion by Judge Bradley Garcia, joined by Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson and Patricia Millett), held that NIH's automated filtering of comments on Facebook and Instagram pages was unconstitutional. The filtering was supposedly aimed at…

A federal appeals court is allowing a Biden administration rule aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges continue

"The Court, we were told, 'would really like us to act tonight'—and, if possible, 'within an hour.'"