A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has thrown its support behind the Trump administration’s efforts to blacklist Anthropic as a “supply chain risk,” a label which would prevent the company from partnering with the U.S. military or federal contractors.

The 2-1 decision arrived Friday, defending the Department of War’s actions and describing any partnership between Anthropic and the federal government as “a statutorily covered national security risk,” according to a majority decision written by Gregory Katsas, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit appointed by Trump during his first term.

The government had originally based its designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk on two different legal designations. The first was found by a federal district judge in San Francisco last month to be illegal; the second is the one the panel of judges upheld on Friday. The company could now request a rehearing from the same panel of judges or take its case to the Supreme Court. “We respectfully disagree with the court’s decision,” an Anthropic spokesperson told Gizmodo. “Another federal court has already held the government’s parallel designation unlawful. We remain confident in our position and are considering all options, including further review.”

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