# Two Courts. Two Rulings. One Blacklisted AI Company.

- slug: two-courts-two-rulings-one-blacklisted-ai-company
- date: 2026-04-22
- category: Artificial Intelligence

On May 19 the DC Circuit hears Anthropic’s appeal. Three weeks earlier, a California judge had already blocked the same Pentagon blacklisting. Two courts, two opposite rulings, one company caught between them.

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