Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals News

A Rock County man sentenced to two years in federal prison for shooting a deer while he was on probation for domestic violence has had his case overturned by a federal appeals court.

Harry Reid is tired of waiting. For months now, the Senate majority leader has wanted to confirm one of President Obama's judicial nominees, David Hamilton, who is up for a spot on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, 'A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.' Over many decades, people have argued whether the Second Amendment is an individual right or a collective right - meaning limited to people in ...

Blogroll Archives 75% of Senate Republicans Flip on Judicial Filibusters Posted on: November 24, 2009 9:02 AM, by Ed Brayton The Senate finally confirmed Obama's first judicial nominee, Judge David Hamilton, for a spot on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, after months of delay from Republicans - the same Republicans who went ballistic when the same ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The man whose 1993 killing of a 10-year-old boy led to a state sex-offender registry law was sentenced Monday to life without parole.

"These Judges deserve to be killed," declared Harold "Hal" Turner on his Web site on June 2. He was attacking three federal judges who earlier that day had upheld Chicago-area bans on handguns.

A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of a Wisconsin man barred from owning firearms because of his criminal record, ruling the lifetime prohibition may violate Americans' Second Amendment rights and calling into question the future of a 13-year old gun control law.

How Not to Win Elections : The ten Senate Republicans who broke the filibuster Tuesday against Barack Obama's nomination of radical Judge David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals may find themselves in some hot water back home.

U.S. District Judge David F. Hamilton, poised for a Senate confirmation vote today on his nomination to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, blocked Indiana's "informed consent" abortion law from taking effect for seven years, despite the fact that the Supreme Court had upheld a similar law and that "no court" had restricted such a law since.

A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of a Wisconsin man barred from owning firearms because of his criminal record, ruling the lifetime prohibition may violate Americans' Second Amendment rights and calling into question the future of a 13-year old gun control law.

The case of the missing mezuzah will go to trial. Last week the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Chicago, ruled that a case may go forward involving a family's fight to affix a small box containing Hebrew religious texts, known as a mezuzah, to the doorposts of their condominium units.

From the CBS News legal blog: A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of a Wisconsin man barred from owning firearms because of his criminal record, ruling the lifetime prohibition may violate Americans' Second Amendment rights and calling into question the future of a 13-year old gun control law.

Stimulus jobs: Government auditors raised doubts Thursday about the number of jobs created or saved by the economic-stimulus program, but they also said mistakes reported in recent weeks signal the benefits of government transparency.

The Senate confirmed Judge David Hamilton to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 59-39 Thursday after breaking a GOP filibuster Tuesday and a five-and-a-half month delay.

November 18th, 2009, Fairfax, VA - Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today condemned 10 Republican Senators for voting to invoke cloture on Barack Obama's controversial nomination of Judge David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Judge David Hamilton The Senate voted for cloture, or to begin debate, on President Obama's first judicial nominee, and 10 Republicans voted 'yea' on Judge David F. Hamilton, a former ACORN fundraiser who once made an injunction against saying Jesus' name in the Indiana Legislature.

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Republicans who decried Democrats' filibusters of President George W. Bush's judicial nominees are debating whether they should use the same tactic against one of President Obama's nominees, a candidate who they say has an antipathy toward Christianity and pro-life legislation.