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SF 9th Circuit judge releases YouTube video handling guns in chambers over 2nd Amendment case

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A federal appellate judge with the 9th Circuit is coming under fire for posting a YouTube video in a Second Amendment case. The judge --who was appointed by President Donald ...
JD Supra

Ninth Circuit Panel Holds That the Second Amendment Prohibits Certain Requirements Regarding Firearm Permits and Physical Inspection

First, the panel reasoned that the right to possess firearms necessarily includes the right to acquire them, bringing the conduct regulated by Section 134-2(e) within the plain text of the Second ...
Courthouse News Service

Ninth Circuit revives first grader’s free speech case over ‘Black Lives Matter’ drawing

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit brought by the mother of a Southern California first grader who was disciplined after giving a racially themed drawing to a classmate, ruling that ...
Courthouse News Service

Doctors take First Amendment challenge to implicit bias training to Ninth Circuit

PASADENA, Calif. (CN) — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday took up the challenge by doctors who claim that a California requirement that they discuss implicit bias in their continued ...
Law

9th Circuit Rejects First Amendment Challenge to SEC’s Settlement ‘Gag Rule’

“Though the plaintiffs assert that the SEC possesses outsized power, frequently settles its cases, and makes defendants’ agreement to Rule 202.5(e) non-negotiable, the record also reflects that ...
JD Supra

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Weighs in on Washington School District Employee’s First Amendment Free Speech Protections

A middle school assistant principal was demoted to a teaching position after his Facebook post containing slurs and violent language relating to the Democratic National Convention. The Ninth Circuit ...