The wrong people brought a lawsuit to challenge North Carolina’s law allowing state magistrates to refuse on religious grounds to marry same-sex couple, a federal
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PETA Loses Animal Welfare Licensing Challenge
[UPDATED – PETA response] Animal rights activists lost their federal appeals court claim Wednesday that U.S. regulators renew animal exhibitors licenses in a “rubber stamp”

Fourth Circuit Keeps Travel Ban On Hold
President Trump’s travel ban from six Muslim-dominated countries remains on hold following Thursday’s 10-3 vote by a federal appeals court in Virginia. Saying the context

Payday Lender Can’t Impose Arbitration of 440% Interest
A federal appeals court in Virginia refused a payday lender’s request to order mandatory arbitration of its online payday loan that included a 440 percent
Judges Question Rationale for Travel Ban
Federal appeals judges hammered the lawyers on both sides of President Donald Trump’s revamped travel ban order with questions about the limits of presidential power

Virginia Uranium Mining Ban Upheld
Virginia’s ban on mining uranium deposits in the state has been upheld by a split federal appeals court panel over the claims of a uranium