http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/edward-dumont-asks-obama-to-withdraw-his-nomination-to-federal-circuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/edward-dumont-asks-obama-to-withdraw-his-nomination-to-federal-circuit/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:08:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118309 How Appealing links to DuMont's letter and a report. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/edward-dumont-asks-obama-to-withdraw-his-nomination-to-federal-circuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/evan-j-wallach-confirmed-to-u-s-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/evan-j-wallach-confirmed-to-u-s-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:18:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118078 How Appealing reports and links to the roll call. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/evan-j-wallach-confirmed-to-u-s-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/u-s-senate-confirms-reyna-to-federal-circuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/u-s-senate-confirms-reyna-to-federal-circuit/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:33:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100147 Hispanic National Bar Association: By a vote of 86-0, this afternoon the Senate confirmed President Obama’s nomination of Jimmie V. Reyna to serve as a Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). Mr. Reyna will be the first Latino to serve on the CAFC. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/u-s-senate-confirms-reyna-to-federal-circuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/04/senate-to-consider-nominee-for-federal-circuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/04/senate-to-consider-nominee-for-federal-circuit/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:42:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100038 Blog of the Legal Times: Williams Mullen partner Jimmie Reyna is scheduled to get a Senate vote today on his nomination for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/04/senate-to-consider-nominee-for-federal-circuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/obama-nomination-of-six-for-appeals-court-shows-abortion-extremism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/obama-nomination-of-six-for-appeals-court-shows-abortion-extremism/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:34:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98749 LifeNews: "Demonstrating allegiance to the pro-abortion agenda, Stephen Six successfully captured the attention of President Obama and recently received a judicial nomination to the Federal Appeals Court. That’s bad news for America and here’s why: Mr. Six is notorious for using political powers to protect the abortion industry." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/obama-nomination-of-six-for-appeals-court-shows-abortion-extremism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/nineteen-judicial-nominees-confirmed-in-the-last-week/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/nineteen-judicial-nominees-confirmed-in-the-last-week/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:58:17 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88516 writing at The Volokh Conspiracy: "Nineteen judicial nominees have been confirmed in the last week. By my count, those nineteen confirmations include five circuit court confirmations: 1) Mary Murguia for the Ninth Circuit; 2) Scott Matheson Jr. for the Tenth Circuit; 3) Kathleen O’Malley for the Federal Circuit; 4) Raymond Lohier Jr. for the Second Circuit; and 5) Albert Diaz for the Fourth Circuit." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/nineteen-judicial-nominees-confirmed-in-the-last-week/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/all-federal-circuit-vacancies-now-have-nominees-but-quick-confirmation-unlikely/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/all-federal-circuit-vacancies-now-have-nominees-but-quick-confirmation-unlikely/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:46:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75335 Law.com: "President Barack Obama's recent nomination of Jimmie Reyna for one of three vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit covers all open slots and adds a candidate with deep international trade expertise. But court watchers expect that at least two of the confirmations to the 12-judge court, including Reyna's, will stretch into next year." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/all-federal-circuit-vacancies-now-have-nominees-but-quick-confirmation-unlikely/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/president-obama-names-two-to-u-s-circuit-courts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/president-obama-names-two-to-u-s-circuit-courts/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:07:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74332 White House: "Today, President Obama nominated Caitlin Halligan for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Jimmie V. Reyna to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/president-obama-names-two-to-u-s-circuit-courts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/27/federal-circuit-rules-no-link-between-autism-and-vaccine/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/27/federal-circuit-rules-no-link-between-autism-and-vaccine/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:37:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70594 The Blog of LegalTimes: "The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has just upheld lower court findings that reject a causal connection between childhood vaccines and the onset of autism. The ruling came in Cedillo v. Secretary of Health and Human Services." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/27/federal-circuit-rules-no-link-between-autism-and-vaccine/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/18/federal-circuit-groups-internet-and-radio-worship-does-not-meet-irs-definition-of-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/18/federal-circuit-groups-internet-and-radio-worship-does-not-meet-irs-definition-of-church/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:37:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69319 Law.com: "The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that a religious organization that primarily holds Internet and radio worship services does not meet the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's definition of a church." Foundation of Human Understanding v. United States, No. 2009-5129 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 16, 2010) | Google Viewer ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/18/federal-circuit-groups-internet-and-radio-worship-does-not-meet-irs-definition-of-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/u-s-court-of-appeals-federal-circuit-foundation-does-not-qualify-as-church-under-tax-laws/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/u-s-court-of-appeals-federal-circuit-foundation-does-not-qualify-as-church-under-tax-laws/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:52:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68935 Foundation of Human Understanding v. United States, No. 2009-5129 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 16, 2010) | Google Viewer | The Foundation of Human Understanding (“the Foundation”), which describes itself as “based upon Judeo-Christian beliefs and the doctrine and teachings of its founder, Roy Masters,” challenges a decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims that the Foundation did not qualify as a “church” under section 170(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code (“I.R.C.”), 26 U.S.C. § 170(b)(1)(A)(i), for the period from January 1, 1998, through December 31, 2000. We affirm. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/u-s-court-of-appeals-federal-circuit-foundation-does-not-qualify-as-church-under-tax-laws/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/15/resident-obama-nominates-edward-c-dumont-for-the-united-states-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/15/resident-obama-nominates-edward-c-dumont-for-the-united-states-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:41:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/04/15/resident-obama-nominates-edward-c-dumont-for-the-united-states-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/ White House: "Today, President Obama nominated Edward C. DuMont to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. DuMont is currently a partner in the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr (WilmerHale)." Eugene Volokh writing at the Volokh Conspiracy: Ed DuMont Nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/15/resident-obama-nominates-edward-c-dumont-for-the-united-states-court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/06/nominees-for-2nd-10th-federal-circuits-report-net-worth-over-1-million/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/06/nominees-for-2nd-10th-federal-circuits-report-net-worth-over-1-million/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:28:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/04/06/nominees-for-2nd-10th-federal-circuits-report-net-worth-over-1-million/ The National Law Journal (Law.com): "Three nominees for federal appellate judgeships have hardly been living hand-to-mouth, and one who's married to a Big Law partner has a net worth of $4.5 million, according to newly released disclosure reports." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/06/nominees-for-2nd-10th-federal-circuits-report-net-worth-over-1-million/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/11/president-nominates-raymond-lohier-to-2nd-circuit-and-kate-omalley-to-federal-circuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/11/president-nominates-raymond-lohier-to-2nd-circuit-and-kate-omalley-to-federal-circuit/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:05:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55020 WhiteHouse.gov: "Today, President Obama nominated Raymond Lohier, Jr. to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge Kate O’Malley to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Lohier currently serves as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; O’Malley currently serves as a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio."" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/11/president-nominates-raymond-lohier-to-2nd-circuit-and-kate-omalley-to-federal-circuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/04/calif-judge-said-to-be-on-short-list-for-federal-circuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/04/calif-judge-said-to-be-on-short-list-for-federal-circuit/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:36:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=46866 Law.com (The Recorder): "San Jose, Calif.-based U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel is on the White House short list for the open spot on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, according to a person briefed on the matter. The opening came when Judge Alvin 'Tony' Schall announced in August that he would take senior status." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/04/calif-judge-said-to-be-on-short-list-for-federal-circuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/09/a-circuit-ripe-for-a-remake-vacancies-loom-in-federal-circuit-a-vital-ip-law-venue/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/09/a-circuit-ripe-for-a-remake-vacancies-loom-in-federal-circuit-a-vital-ip-law-venue/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:13:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=12156 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/09/a-circuit-ripe-for-a-remake-vacancies-loom-in-federal-circuit-a-vital-ip-law-venue/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/01/federal-circuit-may-be-in-for-big-changes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/01/federal-circuit-may-be-in-for-big-changes/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:09:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/01/federal-circuit-may-be-in-for-big-changes/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/01/federal-circuit-may-be-in-for-big-changes/feed/ 0