Sentences with phrase «many federal judges»

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated Sessions to become a federal judge, but the Republican - controlled Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the nomination after it was discovered that Sessions repeatedly made racist comments.

Trump's second attempt at a travel ban is already suffering a similar fate to his first, with a federal judge in Hawaii blocking its nationwide implementation.

His order was blocked by a federal judge — which the Supreme Court declined to reconsider last week, effectively keeping the program running.

A federal judge on Monday invalidated the patents for «obviousness,» possibly rendering the Native patent deal moot.

WASHINGTON, May 1 - A District of Columbia federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by state bank regulators against the U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich wrote in her decision tossing out the case, issued late on Monday.

In a court ruling authorizing the arrests, Brazilian federal judge André Duszczak said «Faria and other BRF officers sought to cover up claims of possible food contamination, as shown in certain laboratory tests, made by a former employee in a labor lawsuit.»

Federal judge invalidates Allergan patents on dry eye drug amid Native tribe deal drama.

Uber Technologies must promptly return stolen confidential files to Alphabet's (googl) Waymo self - driving car unit, a federal judge ruled, while stopping short of shutting down the ride - services company's autonomous car program.

A federal judge later blocked that order.

Lyft agreed to pay $ 12.25 million to its drivers in the settlement, which is subject to the approval of a San Francisco federal judge.

His revised travel ban, affecting travelers from six Muslim - majority nations, was set to go effect Thursday before it was put on hold Wednesday by a federal judge in Hawaii.

On Thursday, the Ninth Circuit denied the government's emergency appeal to lift the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on Trump's immigration order issued last week by a federal judge in Seattle, indicating in its opinion that Trump's past comments about a «Muslim ban» can be used as evidence for discrimination.

«The kids who test in the top one percent tend to become our eminent scientists and academics, our Fortune 500 CEOs and federal judges, senators and billionaires.»

«This is not a whodunit type of case,» said federal judge Charles Breyer, who is overseeing the litigation, at a hearing in January.

The New York Post reported on Thursday that a federal judge is gearing up to block the controversial $ 54 billion merger between insurance giants Anthem and Cigna.

Federal judge expected to block Anthem - Cigna merger.

Citing concerns about giving Google «a significant advantage over competitors,» a New York federal judge shot down a settlement that would permit Google to make millions of books accessible online — the latest setback in the Internet behemoth's six - year - long legal battle over its digital library.

The president said agents «broke into» Cohen's office, even though a federal judge approved the FBI's search warrants

Recently in Los Angeles, a federal judge signed a warrant to allow the FBI to force a 29 - year - old woman to press her finger on an iPhone cops had seized from her boyfriend's home, an alleged gang member, the Los Angeles Times reported last week.

Protests and condemnation of the executive order intensified throughout the day, with opposition culminating in a temporary suspension of the order by a federal judge.

A federal judge Monday, in a court case brought by an anti-abortion group, allowed for exemptions to the Affordable Care Act based on an employer's moral objections.

Just 11 days after a federal judge in Washington said the NSA's phone - data collection program is «almost certainly» unconstitutional, a federal judge in New York said the program is legal.

According to the email, Uber «urged» Levandowski «to fully cooperate» with a federal judge's order to hand over evidence and testimony.

A Los Angeles attorney is asking a federal judge to halt an IRS probe into more than a million customer accounts at Coinbase, a popular site for buying and holding the crypto - currency bitcoin.

A California federal judge in August refused to dismiss another such lawsuit against Pacific Investment Management and other units of German insurer Allianz.

The trial to determine if the U.S. Department of Justice can stop AT&T's $ 85 billion purchase of media company Time Warner will begin on March 19, a federal judge in Washington said during a hearing on Thursday.

Lawyers for Ailes and Carlson appeared in court in New Jersey as a federal judge sought to plot the course of the lawsuit in the wake of «rapid fire» motions from the parties, include Carlson's motion to block Ailes» attorneys» request for arbitration.

A federal judge found congressional districts were drawn to limit influence of Hispanic voters.

«She is exceptionally bright, quick to perceive and has tremendous analytical abilities,» Frederick Lacey, a former federal judge who also worked with Wood in private practice, told the publication.

In September, in the most worrisome setback yet for 1099 - reliant sharing - economy companies, a federal judge granted class status to Uber drivers, vastly upping the stakes on its legal defense and the likelihood it will have to settle.

On Thursday, a federal judge denied the request for an injunction.

A defiant Donald Trump has pledged to appeal against a federal judge's order placing an immediate halt on his revised travel ban, describing the ruling as judicial overreach that made the United States look weak.

The criminal case follows a Sept. 18 order by a federal judge in Texas that Shavers and his company pay a total of $ 40.7 million comprising illegal profit, interest and fines in a related U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil lawsuit.

The presidential order imposed a temporary ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, but a federal judge has barred enforcement of the order while the court considers a challenge brought by Washington state.

Trump has harshly criticized the federal judge in Washington for his decision and a top White House aide on Sunday accused the 9th Circuit of a «judicial usurpation of power.»

Similar kinds of cases are under way in other parts of the country, including a case on appeal in Chicago after a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction barring the government from blocking grant money typically used to help local police combat violent crime and help victims.

Federal judges found more problems in Texas» voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.

The Justice Department urged the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond to lift a stay imposed by a Maryland federal judge March 16th blocking the administration from carrying out the executive order.

CNBC's John Harwood reports on the halting of the Trump administration's travel ban by a federal judge in Hawaii.

The Senate confirmation hearing of Sen. Jeff Sessions, President - elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, is likely to rehash racially charged allegations that derailed his efforts to become a federal judge and made him a symbol of black - voter intimidation under the Reagan administration.

A federal judge just blocked a top Uber engineer from working on the company's key self - driving technology.

A man who disrupted a Hawaiian Airlines flight so much that the plane had to turn around must pay the airline nearly $ 100,000, a federal judge ruled.

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The two sides were set to face off in court on Tuesday, but late on Monday a federal judge in Riverside, California, agreed to the government's request to postpone the hearing after U.S. prosecutors said that a «third party» had presented a possible method for opening an encrypted iPhone.

They would have to go to court before an independent federal judge and prove their case, and the burden's with the Justice Department.

The acquisition would come a year after a U.S. federal judge thwarted a merger between Staples and peer Office Depot (odp) on antitrust grounds.

But the campaign's timing is propitious: Trump's attacks on the Mexican heritage of the federal judge overseeing fraud suits against Trump University have set off a fresh round of denunciations from leading Republicans.

Days after a federal judge put the lawsuit between Stormy Daniels and the president and his personal lawyer on hold, the porn star has announced she is now also suing Donald Trump for defamation.

As numerous foreign citizens were detained at airports around the globe, triggering spontaneous protests, part of Trump's executive order was temporarily blocked by a federal judge in New York.

The brash billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner was vindicated in July when a federal judge dismissed the SEC's insider - trading case against him.