Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal

Does Transmission Still Matter for Mandates? The Ninth Circuit Doesn’t Think So

October 14, 2025 11:30 amOctober 14, 2025 11:30 am

For more than a century, the government’s claimed power to coerce medical intervention rested on a single premise: protecting others. That was the logic of Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905), which upheld a $5 fine for refusing a smallpox vaccine. Even...

Supreme Court Poised to Allow No-Camping Laws, but Will Liberal Cities Enforce Them?

April 29, 2024 11:19 amApril 29, 2024 11:20 am

California and other west coast states have experienced a homeless explosion over the past decade. It’s primarily attributable to one thing: Cities stopped enforcing laws prohibiting overnight camping. This was in response to a Ninth Circuit ruling which found such...

Oakland City Council Reneges on Army Base Redevelopment Project

November 11, 2019 4:46 pm

After all, coal is evil, right? The reuse plan for the former Oakland Army Base, approved years ago by the Oakland City Council, was heralded as an economic and environmental boon for Oakland and the entire region, with the...