The decision, issued by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, trumps a lower court judge’s order that would have allowed county clerks to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Wednesday. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged a-lower-court, allowed-county, appeals, begin-issuing, couples-on-wednesday, court, del-icio-us, lower-court, marriage-licenses, the-9th, wednesdayAs expected, supporters of California’s gay marriage ban are appealing a judge’s ruling striking down the voter-approved law. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has no deadlines to hear the case, which will be randomly assigned to a three-judge panel. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged appeals, ban-are, california, case, court, del-icio-us, down-the, down-the-voter, gay-marriage-, hear-the, randomly-assigned, ruling-striking, voter, which-willA federal appeals court says it will hold a hearing in November on Arizona’s challenge to a ruling that put the most controversial parts of the state’s immigration law on hold. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco issued a two-page order Friday denying Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s request for an earlier hearing date. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged a-two-page-order, brewer, court-says, del-icio-us, francisco, friday, november, state, the-state, two-page-order, will-holdGov. Jan Brewer says her state will ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to let all of its controversial immigration law take effect, a day after federal judge in Phoenix blocked key parts of the measure. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged appeals-on-thursday, ask-the, blocked-key, federal-judge, let-all, measure, says-her, state, the-measure-, thursdayGov. Jan Brewer says her state will ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to let all of its controversial immigration law take effect, a day after federal judge in Phoenix blocked key parts of the measure. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged appeals, ask-the, circuit, day-after, its-controversial, let-all, phoenix, thursdayThe 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the Federal Communications Commission’s indecency policy as unconstitutionally vague. This was the 2004 policy the FCC approached following “fleeting expletives” on live awards shows. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged appeals, approached-following, del-icio-us, fcc, federal, federal-communications, fleeting-expletives, has-overturned, img-alt, indecency-policy, live-awards, npr, overturned-the-federal, policy-the-fccJoe Nacchio was convicted in 2007 of 19 counts of insider trading. Prosecutors alleged he sold $52 million in Qwest stock based on nonpublic information that the company was at risk. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the $52 million figure was too high. Instead, the figure used should have been Nacchio’s net profit resulting from illegal insider trading. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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