A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused for now to allow U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to proceed with a planned overhaul of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which would involve reorganizing several agencies and firing thousands of employees.

A federal appeals court blocked rules in Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ election manual that set a broad definition of illegal voter intimidation.

In New York, appeals must be from a written, signed order or final judgment. Oral rulings or mere decisions are not appealable unless properly documented as orders. Some courts treat certain decisions as appealable if filed with the court and parties are informed.

A notorious killer from Tampa is withdrawing from the death row appeals process. Steven Lorenzo faces the death penalty for two murders in the Tampa Bay Area. His case will now come back to Hillsborough County court for what could be a final assessment.

The Pa. Supreme Court is the highest in the commonwealth. Voters will decide in November whether to keep three justices who were elected as Democrats.

Georgia’s highest court has declined to consider Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ appeal of her removal from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others.

A three-judge panel, pointing to Supreme Court rulings on Second Amendment issues, said the open-carry ban is incompatible with the nation’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

Pointing to what they called “draconian restrictions,” tech industry groups are urging a federal appeals court to uphold a decision that blocked a Florida law aimed at preventing children from having access to certain social-media platforms.