Appeals

Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, pictured at the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., in December 2018, has a new hearing on Friday about the Justice Department's move to drop the case against him. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Former Trump national security adviser…

“Instead of inviting further proceedings, the court should have granted the government’s motion to dismiss,” top DOJ officials, including at least three career prosecutors, wrote in a 45-page filing to a three-judge appeals court panel. The DOJ lawyers unveiled a muscular argument in favor of virtually unbridled executive branch discretion in criminal charging decisions. They…

(CNN)A federal appeals court rejected a California church's lawsuit hoping to overturn the state's ban on in-person church services. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday on a lawsuit bro…

A federal appeals court on Thursday directed the judge hearing the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn to respond to a petition by Flynn for the charges against him to be thrown out.Flynn’s attorney earlier this week had filed an emergency writ of mandamus to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals seeking that…

An attorney for President Trump, Jay Sekulow, told POLITICO Thursday that Trump will take the issue to the high court. "We disagree with the decision of the Fourth Circuit," Sekulow said in a text message. "This case is another example of presidential harassment. We will be seeking review at the Supreme Court." Sekulow said a…