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Gay Juror Ruling Won't Be Appealed, 9th Circuit's Ruling Stands
By Brett Snider, Esq. | Last updated on
The gay juror ruling in Smithkline won't be appealed by AbbVie, an Abbott Laboratories spinoff involved in the case. A representative for the pharmaceutical...
9th Circuit En Banc Panel May Hear YouTube, Concealed Carry Cases
By Brett Snider, Esq. | Last updated on
This week is set to be a busy one for en banc review for the Ninth Circuit. With the "Innocence of Muslims" YouTube stay and California's concealed carry laws...
Crystal Cox Case Ends With a Whimper, Another Amicus
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
What's the lesson here? Give a mouse a cookie and he'll want a rehearing? Don't look a gift opinion in the dicta? Ask and ye shall receive everything but...
California Attorney General Harris Seeking to Appeal Concealed Carry
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Last month, a Ninth Circuit panel held that the Second Amendment requires the state to allow its citizens to both "keep" and "bear" arms. In plain English,...
9th Kills Free Speech Twice: First T-Shirts, Then YouTube?
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
It's been a bad week for free speech, with censured shirts and prior restraints on speech. We were all ready to lambast the Ninth Circuit's opinion in Dariano...
9th Reversed: Highway or Not, Government Controls Military Bases
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
And so, another odd legal dispute comes to a ... well, it's still going, thanks to the First Amendment. But we at least know this: the government controls...