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A federal appeals court upheld a Florida school district’s traditional bathroom policy on Friday in a landmark ruling involving the issue of transgender-identifying students and privacy.

A New Orleans-based appeals court ruled that a Texas judge can continue his prayer ceremonies at the start of his courtroom proceedings.

An appeals court has denied a request by 12 Republican-led states to block a Biden administration rule that allows family planning clinics receiving federal money to promote abortion.

On Friday, a federal appeals court handed another victory to opponents of the Biden administration’s vaccine/testing mandate when it upheld an earlier stay and called the rule a “staggeringly overbroad” policy that likely violates both the U.S. Constitution and federal law.

Last Thursday, a Louisiana appeals court issued a temporary restraining order against a healthcare company, stopping it from firing its employees who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

A federal appeals court judge voted with his colleagues Friday in overturning a Tennessee heartbeat abortion ban, but in the process also criticized the U.S. Supreme Court for legalizing abortion.

On Friday an appeals court ruled that Hobby Lobby violated an Illinois anti-discrimination law when it prohibited a biological male employee who identifies as female from using the women’s restroom.

This week, a federal appeals court upheld part of an Indiana law that requires abortion facilities to report any complications from abortions to the state.

On Thursday, a federal appeals court upheld a Tennessee law that requires a pregnant woman to wait 48 hours before obtaining an abortion.

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed a Seattle-based church a major legal victory on Thursday when it ruled that the congregation was harmed by a new law forcing insurance plans to cover abortion.