The Latest Breaking News from The Ninth Circuit

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

Section 230, the court says, immunizes good-faith attempts to block spam—and RNC didn't introduce enough evidence of bad faith.

U.S. Court orders stay on extradition of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana to India for 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. District Judge Fischer overrides Biden administration’s appeal, grants Rana's application for stay pending appeal to Ninth Circuit Court. Rana has raised serious legal questions and public interest favours him. NIA ready…

So the Ninth Circuit held today (Teter v. Lopez), in an opinion by Judge Carlos Bea, joined by Judges Daniel Collins and Kenneth Lee. The butterfly knife, also known as the "balisong," has a disputed origin. Some sources say it originated in France; others, the Philippines. It is anywhere from…

The 2-1 ruling (divided along surprising ideological lines) is a win for the administration. But they may well still end up losing in the end.