Trump Administration Appeals Ninth Circuit Ruling That Blocked Pentagon's Anthropic 'Supply Chain Risk' Label

Washington Times / CNBC·high signal

The Defense Department filed a notice of appeal on April 2 against Judge Rita Lin's March 26 ruling that prohibited designating Anthropic a supply chain risk. Lin wrote that Hegseth's use of military authority against a domestic company for policy disagreement 'supports the Orwellian notion that an American company may be branded a potential adversary.' The Ninth Circuit set an April 30 deadline for the government's brief. Anthropic remains operational under the preliminary injunction while the appeal proceeds.