A federal appeals court has approved Illinois’ ban on carrying firearms on public transit, reversing a lower court decision that found the prohibition violated the Second Amendment.

An appeals court in Washington turned down The Associated Press' request for immediate reinstatement into covering smaller presidential events like meetings with reporters in the Oval Office and Air Force One.

The Associated Press has asked for a full hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, seeking to overturn last week's decision by three judges of that court that continues to allow the Trump administration to restrict the outlet's access to cover presidential events.

A crowd-favorite social media app could go away in January if it’s not sold.

Louisiana lawmakers now have until the end of January to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace the current map that a federal judge says dilutes the power of the state’s Black voters.

Umpire Ángel Hernández lost again in his racial discrimination lawsuit against Major League Baseball when a federal appeals court refused to reinstate his case.

The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to lift a judge’s order that temporarily barred it from reviewing a batch of classified documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month.

The order followed a joint petition filed by a handful of states, including Texas, plus several businesses and advocacy groups that argued overreach by the administration.

An appeals court overturned a federal judge’s sweeping order that required the city and county of Los Angeles to quickly find shelter for all homeless people living on downtown’s Skid Row.

Left to right, Lee Weiner, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, (behind Hoffman), Jerry Rubin and John Froiners. Davis, one of the "Chicago Seven" who was tried for organizing an anti-Vietnam War protest outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago that turned violent, has died at age 80. “One of the things people always said about Rennie Davis was that he was a gentle man. AdIn addition to Liegmann, Davis is survived by three children from previous marriages: daughters Lia Davis, 44, and Maya Davis, 28; and a son, Sky Davis, 26; as well as three siblings and two grandchildren. It was updated on Feb. 5, 2021, to correct Rennie Davis' date of birth.

Trump had previously named more than 40 people he promised to choose from to fill a potential vacancy on the Supreme Court. He previously served as U.S. solicitor general, arguing over 100 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Clement was a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Todd clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. He formerly served as Solicitor General in Colorado, where he argued several cases in front of the Supreme Court.

The 2-1 ruling was a setback to the presidents increasing reliance on the Pentagon to finance hundreds of miles of new barrier along the Mexico border. The president has tapped into Pentagon accounts for the remaining $10 billion, including the $2.5 billion transfer last year that the 9th Circuit said Friday was unlawful. In its ruling, the court said the White House lacked independent constitutional authority to authorize the transfer of funds from the military. The Supreme Court last year lifted the lower-court injunction without ruling on the legality of the administrations Pentagon transfers. It ended last January when the president dropped his funding demand for $5 billion, reaching into military accounts instead.