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9th Circuit sides with employers in dispute over California law barring forced arbitration

A California law barring employers from requiring their employees to resolve serious workplace complaints in private runs afoul of federal law, a federal appellate court ruled Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 16, 2023

Biden has bolstered 9th Circuit’s liberal flank, but has yet to match Trump’s impact

LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden is leaving a distinct mark on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, adding relatively young jurists of color who have bolstered the influential court’s liberal flank.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 1, 2023

US law based on anti-Latino racism fuels immigration fight

A Nevada case shined a light on a U.S. immigration law and its little-known history after a federal judge called the rule racist and struck it down

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

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Dismissal of journalists’ lawsuit against Golden Globes is upheld

LOS ANGELES — The 9th Circuit of Appeals Court has upheld the federal district court's earlier decision to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit that a Norwegian entertainment reporter filed against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind the Golden Globe Awards.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 9, 2022

Elizabeth Holmes could stay out of prison for a year or more: legal experts

When Judge Edward Davila sentenced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to more than 11 years in prison last week, he ordered that she surrender for imprisonment April 27. But legal experts say Holmes could remain free well past that date.

Tribune News Service · Nov 25, 2022

Supreme Court will reconsider Navajos' claim for more water from the Colorado River

WASHINGTON — With California and the Southwest facing a historic drought, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a 9th Circuit Court decision that held the Navajo Nation has a right to take more water from the Colorado River.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 4, 2022

Federal court says beauty pageant can bar trans contestants

A federal appellate court says a national beauty pageant has a First Amendment right to exclude a transgender woman from competing, because including her could interfere with the message the pageant wants to send about what characteristics make an ideal woman

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

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United States of America Pageants Has First Amendment Right To Exclude Transgender Women, Court Says

Plus: The emptiness of Democrats' pro-democracy rhetoric, the real reason Social Security checks are getting bigger, and more...

Reason · Nov 3, 2022

U.S. beauty pageant can exclude transgender contestants, court rules

Beauty pageant operator Miss United States of America LLC cannot be forced to allow transgender women to compete because doing so would interfere with its ability to express "the ideal vision of American womanhood," a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday.

Reuters · Nov 2, 2022

Content Moderation, Social Media, and the Constitution

Two sets of cases - one already before the Supreme Court, one about to be - will go a long way towards defining the role of social media companies

Reason · Nov 1, 2022

Justice Elena Kagan temporarily pauses subpoena from Jan. 6 committee for Arizona GOP leader's phone records

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily paused enforcement of a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol for the phone records of the head of the Arizona Republican Party.

Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022

Arizona GOP leader takes Jan. 6 subpoena fight to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The head of the Arizona Republican Party asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to at least temporarily pause a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol that seeks her phone records.

Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022

Arizona GOP leader takes Jan. 6 subpoena fight to Supreme Court - Roll Call

Kelli Ward petitioned the court to at least temporarily pause a subpoena from the House select committee investigating Capitol attack.

Roll Call · Oct 26, 2022

Senate elections portend future of judiciary

WASHINGTON — Republicans are vowing to pressure President Joe Biden to nominate moderate judicial candidates if the GOP wins back control of the U.S. Senate in midterm elections.

Tribune News Service · Oct 24, 2022

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Reason · Sep 22, 2022

Retrial of Backpage Execs Wouldn't Be Double Jeopardy, Court Says

Former Backpage executives could now face trial again in 2023, after the government's first attempt resulted in a mistrial.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 8, 2022

Federal appeals court sends California gun litigants back to trial court, history books

LOS ANGELES — In May, a federal appeals court ruled that California's ban on semiautomatic rifle sales to adults younger than 21 was unconstitutional. On Wednesday, that same court, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, reversed itself, sending the case back to a lower court to be retried.

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022

Court: Extraordinary damages OK in 'wrongful life' case

The Washington Supreme Court says that under state law, it’s OK for judges to award extraordinary damages in so-called “wrongful life” cases where a child has birth defects that require extensive care

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

Geothermal plant wins appeal but pauses Nevada construction

The developer of a geothermal power plant facing legal challenges in Nevada has agreed to temporarily suspend construction of the project

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The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2022

Nevada court fights raise caution flags on green energy push

Opposition from friends, not foes, is creating some potential roadblocks to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda in the blue-leaning, Western swing state of Nevada

Los Angeles Times · Jul 17, 2022

War on California gun laws revs up after Supreme Court’s ‘right to carry’ decision

LOS ANGELES — For years, the relationship between Miranda and Richard Wallingford and their Huntington Beach neighbor Jessica Nguyen has been unhappy — if not outright hostile.

Reason · Jul 1, 2022

SCOTUS Vacates 4 Decisions Upholding Gun Control Laws Whose Constitutionality Now Looks Doubtful

The Court told appeals courts to reconsider their conclusions in light of last week's ruling against New York's restrictions on public possession of firearms.

Reason · Jun 24, 2022

SCOTUS Rejects 'Interest-Balancing' Tests That Treated the Second Amendment As a 'Constitutional Orphan'

The ruling against New York's carry permit policy is a rebuke to courts that routinely rubber-stamp gun restrictions.

Al Jazeera · Jun 23, 2022

US Supreme Court shields police from ‘Miranda’ lawsuits

Top court justices rule in favour of sheriff’s deputy who was sued after suspect said officer never read him his rights.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 22, 2022

A 9th Circuit panel tossed California's ban on private immigration facilities. That could change on appeal

LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for a private prison company traded arguments with the state of California before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena on Tuesday over a lawsuit challenging state legislation banning private, for-profit prisons and immigration detention centers.

Reason · Jun 20, 2022

This Political Dissident Faces Death Threats if He Goes Back to Nicaragua. Why Was His Asylum Claim Denied?

Nicaraguan government operatives threatened Mario Rajib Flores Molina with torture and imprisonment. A new court ruling has revived his pursuit of asylum in the United States.

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