Look how quickly the appeals judge had it thrown out.
Court of Appeals judges serve for 14 years and are paid $125,000 a year.
Last month, an appeals judge told the local court that if national security is at issue the federal government should have "an invitation to participate."
An appeals judge ordered a new hearing, but a deal was reached before arguments were heard.
But a surprising ruling last week by five appeals judges may help change that view.
The appeals judges' 2-to-1 decision added confusion to an already confused situation.
However, the appeal judges agreed with the trial judge on most of the issues except the six month increase in the prison sentence.
Court of Appeals judges are elected and serve six-year terms.
In September 2012, the panel of appeals judges decided not to reinstate the case.
To reach this result, the appeals judges engaged in exotic reasoning.
Her husband became a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1999.
In 1946 he became a Lord Justice of Appeal.
He was promoted to be a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1897.
He died in 1974, a Lord Justice of Appeal.
After only six years he was promoted again to be a Lord Justice of Appeal.
Greene was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1935 to 1937.
He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1928.
He was subsequently a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1992 to 1995.
He was Lord Justice of Appeal from 1969 to 1971.
Baker was promoted in 2002, becoming a Lord Justice of Appeal.
As a federal appeals court judge, he issued some notable conservative decisions.
Last month, an appeals court judge ordered a new hearing.
But she had been a federal appeals court judge for more than a decade, and her approach to judging was well known.
Under the law the special panel hearing the case is composed of a federal appeals court judge and two district judges.
An appeals court judge also denied a request to overturn the lower court's decision.
In Oklahoma last week an appeals court judge upheld a ruling that took two girls away from another such family.
Every single incumbent in the local races, from clerk to appeals court judge, won.
The appointment is made by a panel of appeals court judges.
A 1980 case drew his special ire as an appeals court judge.
A federal appeals court judge is paid $175,100 a year.
As a federal appeals court judge, he issued some notable conservative decisions.
Last month, an appeals court judge ordered a new hearing.
But she had been a federal appeals court judge for more than a decade, and her approach to judging was well known.
Under the law the special panel hearing the case is composed of a federal appeals court judge and two district judges.
An appeals court judge also denied a request to overturn the lower court's decision.
In Oklahoma last week an appeals court judge upheld a ruling that took two girls away from another such family.
Every single incumbent in the local races, from clerk to appeals court judge, won.
The appointment is made by a panel of appeals court judges.
A 1980 case drew his special ire as an appeals court judge.
A federal appeals court judge is paid $175,100 a year.