TikTok grilled in appeals court as judges consider challenge to sale-or-ban bill
TikTok faced tough questions from a U.S. appeals court on Monday as China-based ByteDance pushes to block legislation that would force it to stop selling the video-sharing app by Jan. 19 or else ban it entirely. TikTok's lawyers argued before a three-judge panel that the law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, violates the […]
TikTok ban effort to be tested before federal appeals court
A bipartisan effort to ban TikTok nationwide is set to be scrutinized Monday by a federal appeals court tasked with considering whether eliminating the social media giant's U.S. presence violates the First Amendment. The social media platform and a group of content creators are suing over new laws that could ban the app, bringing concerns […]
NY appeals court denies Trump request to pause Bragg case, after judge moves sentencing until after election
A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected a request to halt former President Trump's criminal case stemming from an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said in a filing that it denied Trump's request for an emergency administrative stay in New York v. Trump following Judge Juan […]
New York Court of Appeals Dismisses Donald Trump’s Request to Lift Gag Order
The New York State Supreme Court has rejected former President Donald Trump's request to deregulate his business records lawsuit. New York Court of Appeals Fired President Trump is seeking to lift gag orders that restrict what prosecutors and their families can say in public. Trump's lawyers argued that the gag order restricts Trump's First Amendment […]
RFK Jr. Wins Appeals To Be Removed From Swing States’ Ballots
Former independent 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly won appeals Friday to be removed from the ballots in North Carolina and Michigan. The North Carolina Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that denied his request, CBS 17 Reported. The order, obtained by CBS 17, states that the North Carolina State Board […]
MI, NC Appeals Courts Order Removal of RFK Jr. from Presidential Ballots
Emergency orders issued by courts in North Carolina and Michigan on Friday prevented Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK)'s name from appearing on ballots in those states, marking a major victory for former President Donald Trump. Kennedy gave up on a third-party presidential bid and endorsed Trump, sending shock waves through the political establishment, as the […]
Federal appeals court upholds ex-Capitol Police officer's conviction for deleting warning to Jan. 6 rioter
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the obstruction conviction of a former U.S. Capitol Police officer who urged Jan. 6 rioters to remove incriminating social media posts and then deleted evidence of his own actions in trying to warn the mob. Michael Riley, a 25-year veteran police officer who was on duty when the […]
Appeals order in Jan. 6 ‘disinformation’ case puts First Amendment in peril, defense attorney says
Daniel Goodwin, who was placed on probation on Jan. 6, has completed his one-year court-supervised period by censoring his own constitutionally protected speech out of fear of arrest for publishing so-called “false information” that led to federal court-ordered monitoring of his computer and internet communications, his lawyers said. A federal appeals court initially struck down […]
Palin lawsuit against the NYT reinstated by appeals court
A lawsuit filed by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin against The New York Times has been reinstated by a federal court. Palin, a former Republican vice presidential nominee, filed the lawsuit after the publication of a 2017 editorial that alleged her campaign encouraged the shooting of then-Rep. Gabby Giffords in 2011. The editorial in question […]
Fed. Appeals Court Rules Fla. Can Enforce Ban On Trans Treatments For Minors
A transgender pride flag is raised above a crowd of LGBTQ+ activists during the Drag March LA: Santa Monica Boulevard March, organized by the Los Angeles LGBT Center, in West Hollywood, California, on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023. (Photo by Alison Diener/AFP via Getty Images) By Frank Lara Lisko, OAN StaffWednesday, August 28, 2024 6:00 […]