U.S. Court of Appeals

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal challenging a federal rule that barsdevelopment on 50 million acres of roadless areas in national forests. The justices said Monday they will leave in place a federal appeals court decision that upheld the so-called roadless rule that took effect late in the presidency of Bill Clinton...

President Barack Obama’s health care reform legislation, assailed as an abuse of federal power in a 26-state lawsuit, led by Idaho, has been ruled unconstitutional by a U.S. judge. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson in Pensacola, Florida, declared the law unconstitutional in a ruling today...