Oak Flat case faces skeptical 9th Circuit judges at Phoenix hearing

A three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit heard three lawsuits, with several saying the issues were already resolved in favor ...

Second Amendment Protects Right to Open Carry, Ninth Circuit Panel Holds (2-1)

A short excerpt from today's very long opinion in Baird v. Bonta by Judge Lawrence VanDyke, joined by Judge Kenneth Lee: ...
Yahoo

The 9th Circuit Upholds a University of Washington Professor's Right to Mock 'Land Acknowledgments'

A decade ago, the University of Washington (U.W.) adopted an official statement that "acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and ...
Jurist

Madison’s Lost First Amendment: The Mission Statement That Never Was

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably ...
Orange County Register

Government unchained: The year the Constitution lost its guardrails

We now live in a nation where constitutional rights exist in theory, not in practice. Yet what good are rights on paper when every branch of government is allowed to ignore, circumvent, chip away at ...
Mercury News

Larger 9th Circuit panel to hear challenge to California’s ammunition background check law

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced Monday that an 11-judge panel will hear a San Diego case challenging a voter-approved California law that requires a background check for nearly all ...
lakegastongazette-observer

From the Desk of Senator Tammy Mulchi 9th Senate District Va.

And the hits keep coming. In recent weeks, I have shared with you examples of legislation already introduced by the new liberal progressive Democrat majority in the General Assembly. Bills that will ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Manufacturing Contracts for Ninth Straight Month

U.S. manufacturing activity contracted for the ninth consecutive month in November, a decline manufacturers attribute largely to President Trump’s tariffs. The Institute for Supply Management’s PMI ...
E&E

9th Circuit halts California climate disclosure law

The order comes days after business groups pressed the Supreme Court to stop the state’s climate laws on First Amendment grounds. A federal appeals court has paused one of California’s new laws ...
WVEC

Virginia's constitutional amendment on redistricting revealed, written with trigger language tying state to others

NORFOLK, Va. — Late Tuesday afternoon, the proposed constitutional amendment over potential redistricting in Virginia was was revealed, setting up days of debate just before this year's gubernatorial ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

9th Circuit affirms San Diego judge’s ruling that California’s ‘one-gun-a-month’ law is unconstitutional

A California law that limited residents to one gun purchase every 30 days is unconstitutional, meaning state residents can continue purchasing firearms as frequently as they want, a federal appellate ...