<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - circuit-court</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/circuit-court</link><description>Newsvine - circuit-court</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 18:02:35 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:28:32 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Senate approves New Jersey judge for appeals court</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Senate on Tuesday confirmed New Jersey judge Patty Shwartz to serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, giving her a lifetime appointment to the Philadelphia-based court.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Henry C. Jackson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Henry C. Jackson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17673012-senate-approves-new-jersey-judge-for-appeals-court</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17673012-senate-approves-new-jersey-judge-for-appeals-court</guid><category>us</category><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>nomination</category><category>judicial</category><category>judicial-nomination</category><category>patty-shwartz</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 17:04:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Illinois AG seeks new hearing on concealed carry</title>
<description><![CDATA[Illinois' attorney general on Tuesday asked the entire 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a lawsuit challenging the state's ban on concealed carry in an effort to salvage the only law in the nation that makes the practice entirely illegal.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tammy Webber]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tammy Webber]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16415755-illinois-ag-seeks-new-hearing-on-concealed-carry</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16415755-illinois-ag-seeks-new-hearing-on-concealed-carry</guid><category>us</category><category>illinois</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>concealed-carry</category><category>carry</category><category>lisa-madigan</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2013 18:58:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Appeals court reviews strict Arizona abortion ban</title>
<description><![CDATA[A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal cast a skeptical eye Monday on the country's most-restrictive abortion law, which prohibits the procedure after 20 weeks of pregnancy unless there's a medical emergency.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14935470-appeals-court-reviews-strict-arizona-abortion-ban</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14935470-appeals-court-reviews-strict-arizona-abortion-ban</guid><category>us</category><category>arizona</category><category>abortion</category><category>health</category><category>san-francisco</category><category>ban</category><category>circuit-court</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Nov 2012 08:42:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Liberal US appeals judge Betty Fletcher dies at 89</title>
<description><![CDATA[Judge Betty Binns Fletcher, considered a liberal stalwart of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for decades, has died at age 89, a spokesman for the court said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gene Johnson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gene Johnson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648711-liberal-us-appeals-judge-betty-fletcher-dies-at-89</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648711-liberal-us-appeals-judge-betty-fletcher-dies-at-89</guid><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>fletcher</category><category>betty-fletcher</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:16:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Appeals court reinstates campaign finance limits</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Montana's campaign donation limits, telling the federal judge who struck down the limits that the panel needs to see his full reasoning so it can review the case.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Gouras]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matt Gouras]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14206961-appeals-court-reinstates-campaign-finance-limits</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14206961-appeals-court-reinstates-campaign-finance-limits</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>finance</category><category>campaign-finance</category><category>election-day</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>montana</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2012 23:55:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tony Alamo asks for new hearing on lawsuit appeal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Attorneys for convicted evangelist Tony Alamo are asking the full U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to consider Alamo's appeal of a lawsuit that found he ordered two children in his religious compound be beaten.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/11/13811436-tony-alamo-asks-for-new-hearing-on-lawsuit-appeal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/11/13811436-tony-alamo-asks-for-new-hearing-on-lawsuit-appeal</guid><category>us</category><category>suit</category><category>civil</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>evangelist</category><category>tony-alamo</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:22:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Court: Idaho woman can't challenge fetal pain law</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court on Tuesday ended an Idaho woman's challenge of a law banning some abortions that might cause fetal pain, saying she didn't have legal standing to contest it because she wasn't charged with that crime.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Boone]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rebecca Boone]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/11/13808323-court-idaho-woman-cant-challenge-fetal-pain-law</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/11/13808323-court-idaho-woman-cant-challenge-fetal-pain-law</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>health</category><category>pain</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>fetal-pain</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:58:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ex-Ill. Gov. Ryan contests corruption convictions</title>
<description><![CDATA[What could be imprisoned former Illinois Gov. George Ryan's last longshot chance at a new trial is now again in the hands of an appeals court.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sophia Tareen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sophia Tareen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/20/12853893-ex-ill-gov-ryan-contests-corruption-convictions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/20/12853893-ex-ill-gov-ryan-contests-corruption-convictions</guid><category>us</category><category>george-ryan</category><category>us-news</category><category>ryan</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>honest-services</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:25:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62047c12-3f5b-4b8e-b4e5-7a298b9c0a12.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="333" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62047c12-3f5b-4b8e-b4e5-7a298b9c0a12.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo, former Illinois Gov. George Ryan speaks on a radio talk show in Chicago. On Friday, July 20, 2012,  attorneys for the imprisoned former governor are going before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to contest his conviction on several corruption charges. The U.S. Supreme Court in April ordered the appeals court to revisit Ryan's arguments to overturn his conviction. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Calif. judicial event postponed amid budget woes</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is postponing a conference for federal judges that was slated for next year in northern California, as controversy surrounding a similar gathering in Maui persists.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/16/12772309-calif-judicial-event-postponed-amid-budget-woes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/16/12772309-calif-judicial-event-postponed-amid-budget-woes</guid><category>us</category><category>conference</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>federal-judges</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:21:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Appeals court may take up Calif. same-sex marriage ban</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12054226-appeals-court-may-take-up-calif-same-sex-marriage-ban</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12054226-appeals-court-may-take-up-calif-same-sex-marriage-ban</guid><category>marriage</category><category>san-francisco</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>california's</category><category>same-sex</category><category>proposition</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>amended</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jun 2012 22:05:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Panel chosen to review judge over Obama email</title>
<description><![CDATA[The chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has appointed a special committee to investigate misconduct allegations against a federal judge who forwarded an email with a racist joke involving bestiality and President Barack Obama's mother.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/05/11044643-panel-chosen-to-review-judge-over-obama-email</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/05/11044643-panel-chosen-to-review-judge-over-obama-email</guid><category>us</category><category>judge</category><category>email</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Apr 2012 01:45:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Democrats seek hearing into judge's Obama email</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee called for a hearing Tuesday to examine a Montana judge's conduct in forwarding an email that included a racist joke involving bestiality and President Barack Obama's mother.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Volz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matt Volz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10548961-democrats-seek-hearing-into-judges-obama-email</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10548961-democrats-seek-hearing-into-judges-obama-email</guid><category>us</category><category>judge</category><category>email</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>two-democrats</category><category>house-judiciary-committee</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 14:56:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Senate confirms Cuban-born judge to 11th Circuit</title>
<description><![CDATA[The first Cuban-born judge to serve on the Atlanta-based U.S. appellate court was confirmed Wednesday by an overwhelming margin that said much about the way the Senate operates these days.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Margasak]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Margasak]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/15/10417408-senate-confirms-cuban-born-judge-to-11th-circuit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/15/10417408-senate-confirms-cuban-born-judge-to-11th-circuit</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>judge</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>confirmed</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:14:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Reaction to the ruling on Calif's gay marriage ban</title>
<description><![CDATA[A look at reaction to the ruling by a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel declaring California's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10343362-reaction-to-the-ruling-on-califs-gay-marriage-ban</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10343362-reaction-to-the-ruling-on-califs-gay-marriage-ban</guid><category>quotes</category><category>us</category><category>trial</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>marriage</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 21:19:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Excerpts from ruling on Calif's gay marriage ban</title>
<description><![CDATA[The following are excerpts from the ruling Tuesday by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declaring California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10342611-excerpts-from-ruling-on-califs-gay-marriage-ban</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10342611-excerpts-from-ruling-on-califs-gay-marriage-ban</guid><category>us</category><category>trial</category><category>marriage</category><category>gay</category><category>excerpts</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:22:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Denver appeals court upholds military impostor law</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a federal law making it illegal to lie about being a war hero is constitutional and making false statements is not always protected free speech.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Moreno]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ivan Moreno]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/27/10252894-denver-appeals-court-upholds-military-impostor-law</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/27/10252894-denver-appeals-court-upholds-military-impostor-law</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>impostors</category><category>military-medals</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:15:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Court clears way for Loughner's return to Missouri</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage can be returned to a Missouri prison facility where he will undergo more treatment to try to make him mentally fit to stand trial.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacques Billeaud]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jacques Billeaud]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8169219-court-clears-way-for-loughners-return-to-missouri</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8169219-court-clears-way-for-loughners-return-to-missouri</guid><category>us</category><category>suspect</category><category>san-francisco</category><category>shot</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>congresswoman</category><category>gabrielle-giffords</category><category>jared-lee-loughner</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Oct 2011 16:17:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/df36d78e-af0a-484c-a8c7-57f8a19e0085.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="507" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/df36d78e-af0a-484c-a8c7-57f8a19e0085.jpg" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Jan. 8, 2011 file photo provided by the Pima County Sheriff's Office shows Jared Loughner. The Tucson shooting rampage suspect will remain in Arizona as his lawyers contest a ruling that would have sent him back to Missouri for more psychological treatment. (AP Photo/Pima County Sheriff's Department via The Arizona Republic, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/560c2dd2-085b-492a-86ea-ef9511f7bdac.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="507" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/560c2dd2-085b-492a-86ea-ef9511f7bdac.jpg" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Jan. 8, 2011 file photo provided by the Pima County Sheriff's Office shows Jared Loughner. A federal appeals court ruled Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, that Loughner, the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage, can be returned to a Missouri prison facility where he will undergo more treatment to try to make him mentally fit to stand trial. (AP Photo/Pima County Sheriff's Department via The Arizona Republic, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>9th Circuit appeals court Judge Pamela Rymer dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Judge Pamela Rymer of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has died after a years-long battle with cancer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/22/7906432-9th-circuit-appeals-court-judge-pamela-rymer-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/22/7906432-9th-circuit-appeals-court-judge-pamela-rymer-dies</guid><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>rymer</category><category>pamela-rymer</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:19:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judges reconsidering Carl Lewis NJ election case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A panel of three federal judges indicated Tuesday they were having second thoughts about their ruling last week that Carl Lewis, the nine-time Olympic gold medalist who has had a bumpy entry into New Jersey politics, was eligible to be on the ballot for a state Senate seat.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoff Mulvihill]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Geoff Mulvihill]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/14/7761184-judges-reconsidering-carl-lewis-nj-election-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/14/7761184-judges-reconsidering-carl-lewis-nj-election-case</guid><category>us</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>lewis</category><category>associated-press</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>residency</category><category>new-jersey-republicans</category><category>carl-lewis</category><category>nine-time-olympic</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:58:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/edec7a33-3d7f-4cfd-bc99-3e988716f6fb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="374" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/edec7a33-3d7f-4cfd-bc99-3e988716f6fb.jpg" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE  -In this April 11, 2011 file photograph, former Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis announces in Mount Holly, N.J., his candidacy for the New Jersey state Senate seat to represent his hometown of Willlingboro. On Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, a U.S. federal appeals court said that the nine-time Olympic gold medalist should be allowed to run for a seat in the New Jersey state senate. The 2-1 ruling Tuesday could be the final word on a candidacy marked by legal questions about whether Lewis meets the requirement for state senators to have lived in New Jersey for four years before being elected. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f97f2405-d722-4512-97cd-927b69c6b212.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f97f2405-d722-4512-97cd-927b69c6b212.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New Jersey state Senate candidate and nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis answers a question in Westampton, N.J., Wedesday, Sept. 14, 2011, as he holds a news conference to announce that he is back on the ballot. Lewis said that he's looking forward to campaigning for the 8th District state Senate seat after an appeals court on Tuesday, restored his name to the ballot. Lewis says Wednesday that he's looking forward to campaigning for the 8th District state Senate seat after an appeals court a day earlier restored his name to the ballot. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bdb705a3-45a3-4d6c-be7f-da5ec5e9dd28.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="335" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bdb705a3-45a3-4d6c-be7f-da5ec5e9dd28.jpg" width="120" height="183" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New Jersey state Senate candidate and nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis listens to a question in Westampton, N.J., Wedesday, Sept. 14, 2011, as he holds a news conference to announce that he is back on the ballot. Lewis said that he's looking forward to campaigning for the 8th District state Senate seat after an appeals court on Tuesday, restored his name to the ballot.   (AP Photo/Mel Evans)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/78262037-18a5-4346-88ac-1e6c02b59f33.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/78262037-18a5-4346-88ac-1e6c02b59f33.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New Jersey state Senate candidate and nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis answers a question in Westampton, N.J., Wedesday, Sept. 14, 2011, as he holds a news conference to announce that he is back on the ballot. Lewis said that he's looking forward to campaigning for the 8th District state Senate seat after an appeals court on Tuesday, restored his name to the ballot.   (AP Photo/Mel Evans)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/16bd381b-0842-4145-bc75-8e7779c42ea4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="383" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/16bd381b-0842-4145-bc75-8e7779c42ea4.jpg" width="120" height="115" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New Jersey state Senate candidate and nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis answers a question in Westampton, N.J., Wedesday, Sept. 14, 2011, as he holds a news conference to announce that he is back on the ballot. Lewis said that he's looking forward to campaigning for the 8th District state Senate seat after an appeals court on Tuesday, restored his name to the ballot.   (AP Photo/Mel Evans)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>First African-American woman on 6th Circuit</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Senate has confirmed Bernice Donald as a judge on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Donald will be the first African-American woman confirmed for that court.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/06/7636619-first-african-american-woman-on-6th-circuit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/06/7636619-first-african-american-woman-on-6th-circuit</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>judge</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>appellate</category><category>bernice-donald</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Sep 2011 23:01:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UC Berkeley prof. sworn in to Calif. Supreme Court</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown swore in University of California, Berkeley, law professor Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court on Thursday, just three months after Liu withdrew from consideration for a seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Thompson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Thompson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/01/7560248-uc-berkeley-prof-sworn-in-to-calif-supreme-court</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/01/7560248-uc-berkeley-prof-sworn-in-to-calif-supreme-court</guid><category>us</category><category>court</category><category>california</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>us-news</category><category>california-supreme-court</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>jerry-brown</category><category>goodwin-liu</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Sep 2011 21:03:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/82bf41a8-0602-4ecd-995e-08a14236f7e8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="312" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/82bf41a8-0602-4ecd-995e-08a14236f7e8.jpg" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Goodwin Liu  left, holds his son, Emmett O'Leary-Liu, 18 months, as he signs his oath of office after being sworn in  to the California Supreme Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, right, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. Liu, a law professor from the University of California, Berkeley, was appointed by Brown in July  to the fill the position vacated by Carlos Moreno.  Liu had been nominated to a seat on the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but withdrew from consideration after Republicans blocked his nomination. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c4033935-47fb-4664-9105-67f0db2e94a8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c4033935-47fb-4664-9105-67f0db2e94a8.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;University of California, Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu appears before the California State Supreme Court during a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 in San Francisco.  Liu's nomination has met with some Republican opposition, but the Commission on Judicial Appointments is expected to confirm him. President Obama nominated Liu to the federal appeals court, but Liu withdrew from consideration after it became clear key Republican senators were blocking his name from coming to a vote.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/36ebabb4-bab1-4d60-b542-6f3d14d3022d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/36ebabb4-bab1-4d60-b542-6f3d14d3022d.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Goodwin Liu, left, smiles as he is sworn in to the California Supreme Court by Gov. Jerry Brown at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011.  Liu, a law professor from the University of California, Berkeley, was appointed by Brown in July  to the fill the position vacated by Carlos Moreno.  Liu had been nominated to a seat on the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but withdrew from consideration after Republicans blocked his nomination. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f19e599a-c241-4bfe-840e-6713f3cc726f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="343" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f19e599a-c241-4bfe-840e-6713f3cc726f.jpg" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ann O'Leary-Liu, watches as her husband, Goodwin Liu  is sworn in  to the California Supreme Court by Gov. Jerry Brown at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011.  Liu, a law professor from the University of California, Berkeley, was appointed by Brown in July  to the fill the position vacated by Carlos Moreno.  Liu had been nominated to a seat on the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but withdrew from consideration after Republicans blocked his nomination. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/10f6b82e-382f-44ab-8a53-5d3723624e28.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/10f6b82e-382f-44ab-8a53-5d3723624e28.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Goodwin Liu, left, shakes hands with California Attorney General Kamala Harris, after he was sworn in to the California Supreme Court  by Gov. Jerry Brown, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011.  Liu, a law professor from the University of California, Berkeley, was appointed by Brown in July  to the fill the position vacated by Carlos Moreno.  Liu had been nominated to a seat on the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but withdrew from consideration after Republicans blocked his nomination. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/967b4d72-22b8-461f-94e2-8ea16c44f54a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/967b4d72-22b8-461f-94e2-8ea16c44f54a.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;University of California, Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu waves after he was confirmed by a three member appointment board of the Commission on Judicial Appointments in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. Lower right is his mother, Yang Ching Liu. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Federal appellate Judge Terrence Evans dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Terence Evans, a federal appeals judge celebrated for injecting humor into his opinions and for eschewing legalese, died after a serious respiratory illness, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said Thursday. He was 71.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/11/7348981-federal-appellate-judge-terrence-evans-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/11/7348981-federal-appellate-judge-terrence-evans-dies</guid><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>judge</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>evans</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:31:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/228a197c-5f85-4797-ba77-6f1871e84fc6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="363" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/228a197c-5f85-4797-ba77-6f1871e84fc6.jpg" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided Aug. 11, 2011, by the Wisconsin Law Journal shows Judge Terence Evans. In a statement Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said that Evans died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, after a respiratory illness. He was 71. The Milwaukee-born Evans served for three decades as a federal judge. President Bill Clinton nominated Evans for the Chicago-based appeals court in 1995. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Law Journal, Corey Hengen)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Appeals court weighs tobacco law challenge</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals is weighing questions about how far the Food and Drug Administration may go in placing graphic warnings on cigarette labels and regulating how tobacco companies advertise and market their products.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Barrouquere]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brett Barrouquere]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/26/7178005-appeals-court-weighs-tobacco-law-challenge</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/26/7178005-appeals-court-weighs-tobacco-law-challenge</guid><category>business</category><category>tobacco</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>drug-administration</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>ky</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:08:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gov. Brown nominates Goodwin Liu to CA high court</title>
<description><![CDATA[A California law professor was nominated Tuesday for the California Supreme Court, just two months after criticism by Republicans led him to withdraw his candidacy for the second-highest court in the country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/26/7171510-gov-brown-nominates-goodwin-liu-to-ca-high-court</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/26/7171510-gov-brown-nominates-goodwin-liu-to-ca-high-court</guid><category>us</category><category>court</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>us-news</category><category>california-supreme-court</category><category>uc-berkeley</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>liu</category><category>jerry-brown</category><category>goodwin-liu</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:50:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1fd15d45-e00e-45a1-943d-edddef675cbf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="324" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1fd15d45-e00e-45a1-943d-edddef675cbf.jpg" width="120" height="190" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 18, 2011 file photo, judicial nominee Goodwin Liu is shown at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Liu was nominated Tuesday, July 26, 2011, for the California Supreme Court, just two months after criticism by Republicans led him to withdraw his candidacy for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the second highest court in the country. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/08403013-a8b5-4cb7-b208-0a1a377c0f56.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/08403013-a8b5-4cb7-b208-0a1a377c0f56.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 16, 2010 file photo, California law professor Goodwin Liu, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be US Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. Liu was nominated Tuesday, July 26, 2011, for the California Supreme Court, just two months after criticism by Republicans led him to withdraw his candidacy for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the second highest court in the country.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AP sources: Panetta to OK end of military gay ban</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pentagon chief Leon Panetta has decided to end the ban on gays serving openly in the armed services and certify that repealing the 17-year-old prohibition will not hurt the military's ability to fight, officials said Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/14/7086063-ap-sources-panetta-to-ok-end-of-military-gay-ban</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/14/7086063-ap-sources-panetta-to-ok-end-of-military-gay-ban</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>gays</category><category>us-news</category><category>circuit-court</category><category>leon-panetta</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:00:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d0d8f3d1-6de9-4f29-b506-b90c4741c53c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="450" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d0d8f3d1-6de9-4f29-b506-b90c4741c53c.jpg" width="120" height="135" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta walks out to greet John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand, at the Pentagon Thursday, July 21, 2011 in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>