Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today we highlight:
- an article discussing how the “Supreme Court on Monday turned away Judge Pauline Newman’s bid to return to service on” the Federal Circuit;
- an article covering how the Supreme Court denied Judge “Newman’s petition for review without comment, as is typical”;
- an article reporting how late last week the Federal Circuit ruled the “U.S. government can continue collecting the 10% worldwide tariff it imposed in February”; and
- an article similarly highlighting how Federal Circuit “extended its block on a lower court ruling against the Trump administration’s 10% global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act”;
Melissa Quinn penned an article for CBS News discussing how the “Supreme Court on Monday turned away Judge Pauline Newman’s bid to return to service on” the Federal Circuit “after she was suspended from hearing cases due to concerns about her fitness to serve.” Quinn recounts how Judge “Newman’s lawyers claimed that [Chief Judge] Moore was circumventing the Constitution’s protections for federal judges in an attempt to sideline a judge she doesn’t want to serve with.”
Jimmy Hoover published an article for Law.com also covering how the Supreme Court denied Judge “Newman’s petition for review without comment, as is typical.” Hoover suggests the “D.C. Circuit, in ruling that it lacked jurisdiction, expressed respect for [Judge] Newman’s claim that the Judicial Council of the Federal Circuit violated her constitutional right by refusing to transfer the fitness probe to a different circuit despite the council’s conflict of interest.”
Paul Wiseman wrote an article for ABC News reporting how late last week the Federal Circuit ruled the “U.S. government can continue collecting the 10% worldwide tariff it imposed in February while legal challenges to the levies continue to work their way through the courts.” Wiseman explains the Federal Circuit “handed a procedural win to the Trump administration, concluding that its case was ‘likely to succeed on the merits.’’’
Dietrich Knauth penned an article for Reuters similarly highlighting how Federal Circuit “extended its block on a lower court ruling against the Trump administration’s 10% global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act, keeping the tariffs in place for three importers that had won a reprieve from the duties last week.” Knauth points out the “10% global tariff is scheduled to expire in July, unless extended by Congress.”