Federal Courts

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Judge strikes down Labor Department overtime regulation

January 15, 2015 8:31 pm

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, center, arrives at federal court with his daughter Jeanine McDonnell Zubowsky, left, and son Bobby McDonnell, right, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, in Richmond, Va. Jeanine McDonnell Zubowsky wrote a letter filed in federal court in support of her father in his upcoming sentencing. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

McDonnells’ daughter blames former first lady for ex-gov’s conviction

Jennifer Peebles -

December 28, 2014 3:32 pm

A federal appeals court denied a lawsuit Tuesday by environmental groups that the EPA must use the Toxic Substances Control Act regulate lead used in shells and cartridges. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

EPA can’t regulate lead bullets, says federal court

Zack Colman -

December 23, 2014 9:15 pm

Healthcare

Ultrasound requirement struck down in North Carolina

Kelly Cohen -

December 22, 2014 9:00 pm

Magazine

The ‘nuclear option’ worked for Dems. Will the GOP reconsider?

Susan Ferrechio -

December 15, 2014 10:00 am

A federal judge forced the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to obey the same rules of discovery in civil litigation that apply to everybody else even if government officials are annoyed by them. (iStock)

Federal judge tells CFPB it must give depositions even if doing so ‘annoys’

Richard Pollock -

November 14, 2014 10:00 am

Politics

Appeals court upholds gay marriage restrictions in four states

Sean Lengell -

November 6, 2014 11:41 pm

Tabitha Simmons, left, and Katherine Sprague, right, are married by Rev. Elizabeth Stevens, from the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse, outside the Latah County Courthouse in Moscow, Idaho, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Sprague and Simmons were the first couple to be issued a same-sex marriage license in Latah County. (AP Photo/Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Geoff Crimmins)

Politics

Gay marriage begins Wednesday in Idaho

Sean Lengell -

October 13, 2014 9:12 pm

A sign points to an early voting site in Little Rock, Ark., for the primary runoff election in June. (AP/Danny Johnston)

Politics

Early voting increases, despite setbacks

Sean Lengell -

October 1, 2014 9:00 am

Wild Earth Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity entered into an agreement in 2011 with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to settle ESA litigation on 1,008 species the groups claimed were threatened with extinction. The agreement provided that the two groups would initiate fewer such actions. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

Energy group claims enviros suing more often, not less, despite 2011 deal

Mark Tapscott -

September 30, 2014 9:00 am

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Tag: Federal Courts

Judge strikes down Labor Department overtime regulation

McDonnells’ daughter blames former first lady for ex-gov’s conviction

EPA can’t regulate lead bullets, says federal court

Ultrasound requirement struck down in North Carolina

The ‘nuclear option’ worked for Dems. Will the GOP reconsider?

Federal judge tells CFPB it must give depositions even if doing so ‘annoys’

Appeals court upholds gay marriage restrictions in four states

Gay marriage begins Wednesday in Idaho

Early voting increases, despite setbacks

Energy group claims enviros suing more often, not less, despite 2011 deal

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