Appeals court clarifies that people living with HIV can join the military again

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/pentagon-hiv-enlistments-must-resume

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US #AppealsCourt today upholds lower court decision, forces #Hegseth to keep trans troops, but allows Dept of Defense to continue to ban trans applicants.
Judge: "The sharp contrast in policy appears to be driven by the bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group. As such, I conclude that the Hegseth Policy is both arbitrary and based upon animus, and for those reasons the Policy violates [the] #constitutional right to equal protection of the law."
https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/military/appeals-court-lets-transgender-troops-remain-in-military-enlistment-ban-continue
Appeals court lets transgender troops remain in military, enlistment ban continue

A federal appeals court on Monday largely upheld a lower court ruling blocking the Trump administration from removing transgender service members from the military.

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B.C. firm's mine in Nopiming must adhere to Manitoba parks legislation: Appeals Court
A Vancouver-based mining company's insistence that it does not fall under Manitoba park legislation when operating a mine site in Nopiming Provincial Park has been rejected by the province's highest court.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/nopiming-park-mining-appeal-9.7186634?cmp=rss

ยซ3 yrs ago, #SupremeCourt issued unambiguous instruction to lower courts: never assume precedent has been silently overruled. If a #SC ruling "has direct application in a case," the high court said flatly, the lower court must follow it, leaving it 2 SC alone 2 overrule its own decisions

The #AppealsCourt proceeded to do exactly what it was told not to do & declared a 1980 Supreme Court ruling, #StoneVGraham, effectively dead w/o waiting for the high court to weigh inยป

https://www.rawstory.com/ten-commandments-2676807803/#

Rogue Ten Commandments ruling may force Supreme Court to wallop conservative allies

Slate legal analysts flagged what they say is one of the most brazen acts of judicial defiance in recent memory: a federal appeals court that broke a Supreme Court rule specifically about breaking Supreme Court rules.In a 9-8 vote on Tuesday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Texas's law ...

Raw Story
Human smuggler asks U.S. appeals court to quash conviction, sentence
One of two men convicted of human smuggling in 2025 is asking a U.S. court to overturn his conviction and sentence, in a case where a family of four from India froze to death as they tried to walk across the international border from Manitoba in blizzard conditions in 2022.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/steve-shand-appeals-court-9.7167609?cmp=rss
'I am innocent,' French ex-president Sarkozy tells appeals court in Libya funding case http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRw6d3 #Sarkozy #Libya #Justice #AppealsCourt #PoliticalNews
U.S. court denies familiesโ€™ bid to revive Boeing 737 Max crash criminal case
An appeals court disagreed with the claims from victims' families that prosecutors had violated their rights and therefore could not revive the case that ended with a plea deal.
#Canada #USNews #World #Boeing
https://globalnews.ca/news/11754009/boeing-737-max-crashes-us-appeal-rejected/
U.S. court denies familiesโ€™ bid to revive Boeing 737 Max crash criminal case
An appeals court disagreed with the claims from victims' families that prosecutors had violated their rights and therefore could not revive the case that ended with a plea deal.
#Canada #USNews #World #Boeing
https://globalnews.ca/news/11754009/boeing-737-max-crashes-us-appeal-rejected/

American Democracy Minute Radio News Report for March 4, 2026
March 2nd, the #U.S. #Supreme Court issued an #emergency #temporary #stay, #blocking a #NewYork #appealscourt #opinion upholding a #remedial #map for a New York City #congressional #district. #Voters had #argued the original map #diluted #minority voting power under the New York #Constitution.

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https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2026/03/03/u-s-supreme-court-issues-temporary-stay-of-ny-appeals-court-remedial-map-restoring-black-latino-voting-power-in-nyc-congressional-district/

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Temporary Stay of NY Appeals Court Remedial Map Restoring Black & Latino Voting Power in NYC Congressional District

March 2nd, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency temporary stay, blocking a New York appeals court opinion upholding a remedial map for a New York City congressional district. Voters had argued the original map diluted minority voting power under the New York Constitution.

American Democracy Minute

Homey don't play that tune! Time to start cutting Tariff refund checks!

A federal appeals court refused to delay implementation of the Supreme Court ruling that invalidated most of U.S. Administration tariffs, clearing the way for the U.S. Court of International Trade, to begin the process of crafting relief for the small businesses impacted by tariffs.

Rock Star lawyer Neal Katyal, one of the attorneys representing the small businesses before SCOTUS, said his team "will be proceeding immediately to get the refunds Americans are owed." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-appeals-court-rejects-trump-tariff-refund-delay-supreme-court/ #Tariff #Refunds #TariffRefunds #SCOTUS #NealKatyal #Appealscourt #Lawsuit #FederalTradeCourt