The Latest Breaking News from The Ninth Circuit

Welcome to the Jan. 8 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Judge Aiken's reckless defiance of legal rules is turning the "Kids Climate Case" into a zombie climate case.

the Ninth Circuit rules, though expressly noting that "The question whether the Nevermind album cover meets the definition of child pornography is not at issue in this appeal."

The legal precedent would strongly discourage companies from trying to solve perceived problems with proposed transactions.

From Friday's opinion by Judge Daniel D. Domenico (D. Colo.) in Darren Patterson Christian Academy v. Roy (for more on a different facet of the case and on the possible relevance, or not, of government funding, see this post): "[T]he First Amendment protects an individual's right to speak his mind…

The Court is taking more cases from the Fifth Circuit, and its decisions do not appear to be faring well.

SWAT takings, retaliatory liens, and a Spam confiscation.

Moore v. United States: The big tax case before SCOTUS this year.

San Francisco and Sacramento are locked in lawsuits over encampents, as the US Supreme Court weighs changing a major precedent, Josh Marcus reports

From Concerned Jewish Parents & Teachers of L.A. v. Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium, decided yesterday by Judge Fernando Olguin (C.D. Cal.). An unincorporated association, the Concerned Jewish Parents and Teachers of Los Angeles, along with six individuals using the pseudonyms Jane or John Doe ("Doe plaintiffs") initiated this…

Litigation centers on definition of who counts as ‘involuntarily homeless,’ Josh Marcus reports