Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Another California Labor Law Struck Down by Federal Court

October 29, 2026 4:00 pmOctober 29, 2026 4:00 pm

Two times in recent years, the federal courts have invalidated California labor and employment laws, in line with the state’s business community’s arguments while the bills were pending in the Legislature. And, just this week, it happened a third time...

Ninth Circuit Forces California Response as DOJ Presses to Sequester 20,000 Suspected Noncitizen Ballots

October 24, 2026 2:11 pmOctober 26, 2026 9:27 am

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered California election officials to respond by noon Saturday to the Department of Justice’s emergency request to set aside roughly 20,000 mail-in ballots the federal government says were sent to “likely...

Last-Minute Sacramento Ban on Shock Gloves Hits Federal Wall

August 27, 2026 4:03 pmAugust 28, 2026 7:32 am

With four days left in the legislative session, Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins (D-San Diego) stood with fellow Democrats on Thursday and sold Assembly Bill 2760 as a moral emergency: ban local, state and federal law enforcement from buying or using electronic...

Ninth Circuit Dismisses RNC Challenge to Nevada’s Post-Election Mail Ballot Counting

August 21, 2026 12:36 pmAugust 21, 2026 12:48 pm

In a memorandum disposition filed Friday (see below), a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed the Republican National Committee’s long-running appeal challenging Nevada’s law that permits counting certain mail-in ballots received up to...

Ninth Circuit Rules Sigal Chattah Unlawfully Serving as Nevada’s Acting US Attorney

August 17, 2026 1:40 pmAugust 17, 2026 1:40 pm

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that Sigal Chattah is unlawfully serving as Nevada’s Acting U.S. Attorney, holding that the Trump administration cannot bypass federal vacancy limits by designating her first...

Another Illegal California Gun Control Law Struck Down

March 23, 2026 2:36 pmMarch 23, 2026 3:11 pm

Another of California’s illegal gun laws was just struck down, and the state must pay the National Rifle Association nearly $500,000 in attorney fees. In Safari Club International v. Bonta, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California...

Do Americans Possess the Fundamental Right to Refuse Unwanted Medical Treatment, Even During a Public Health Crisis?

January 12, 2026 5:51 amJanuary 12, 2026 5:52 am

“This case presents a burning question of federal law that has not been, but should be, answered by this Court; namely, are there any meaningful limits on a government’s ability to impose medical mandates in the name of public health?”...