The Latest Breaking News from 9th Circuit

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

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.

Reason · Sep 22, 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.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 8, 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 · Jul 1, 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.

Reason · Jun 24, 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.

Al Jazeera · Jun 23, 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.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 22, 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.

Reason · Jun 20, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: Trump's judges will keep moving the country to the far right for decades

Ryan D. Nelson is a model of a modern anti-regulation conservative and culture warrior. As a Justice Department lawyer under President George W. Bush, he oversaw that administration's campaign to go easy on polluters and roll back environmental rules.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 11, 2022

Biden Conflates a Broad Category of Rifles With Intolerable 'Weapons of War'

The administration's slippery terminology illustrates the challenge of distinguishing between "good" and "bad" guns.

Reason · Jun 8, 2022