BREAKING: The 9th Circuit has rejected ICE's unprecedented mass detention policy — the 5th striaght appellate loss for the Trump administration and perhaps the most significant, covering California, Arizona, Nevada and Washington, among others. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
July 30, 2026 at 4:14 PM
BREAKING: The 9th Circuit has rejected ICE's unprecedented mass detention policy — the 5th striaght appellate loss for the Trump administration and perhaps the most significant, covering California, Arizona, Nevada and Washington, among others. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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August 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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BREAKING: 9th Circuit panel, 2-1, upholds injunction for states against Trump's anti-birthright citizenship executive order. Majority: Gould (Clinton)/ Hawkins (Clinton). Dissent: Bumatay (Trump). Doc: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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July 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
BREAKING: 9th Circuit panel, 2-1, upholds injunction for states against Trump's anti-birthright citizenship executive order. Majority: Gould (Clinton)/ Hawkins (Clinton). Dissent: Bumatay (Trump). Doc: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
April 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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September 22, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Interesting and important 9th Circuit decision about the free speech rights of professors at public schools, just won by FIRE, likely to be subject of culture war disputes.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Interesting and important 9th Circuit decision about the free speech rights of professors at public schools, just won by FIRE, likely to be subject of culture war disputes.
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Trump judge in alaska lasted 4 years before having to resign for sexual harassment cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/ce...
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July 8, 2024 at 11:15 PM
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Ninth Circuit panel says 3-0 that Kalshi’s “sports events contracts” are not swaps under the CEA and Nevada gambling laws aren’t pre-empted by CFTC rules for prediction markets. A massive blow to the industry: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
August 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ninth Circuit panel says 3-0 that Kalshi’s “sports events contracts” are not swaps under the CEA and Nevada gambling laws aren’t pre-empted by CFTC rules for prediction markets. A massive blow to the industry: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
December 5, 2024 at 1:28 PM
As the 9th circuit found, the US government didn't really contest that they were doing illegal profiling. Instead, they claimed that the plaintiffs couldn't prove the illegal conduct was likely to repeat! LAUGHABLE cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
August 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
As the 9th circuit found, the US government didn't really contest that they were doing illegal profiling. Instead, they claimed that the plaintiffs couldn't prove the illegal conduct was likely to repeat! LAUGHABLE cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
BREAKING: Ninth Circuit agrees with five other circuits (2, 6, 7. 10, and 11) that the DHS can't detain immigrants who've been here for years without a bond hearing.
Fifth and 8th said have at it.
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Fifth and 8th said have at it.
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July 30, 2026 at 4:18 PM
BREAKING: Ninth Circuit agrees with five other circuits (2, 6, 7. 10, and 11) that the DHS can't detain immigrants who've been here for years without a bond hearing.
Fifth and 8th said have at it.
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Fifth and 8th said have at it.
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JUST IN: 9th Circuit denies en banc review of judge's order that Trump admin hand over agency firing/RIF plans. 5 judges dissent: Bumatay, R. Nelson, VanDyke, Tung (all Trump) & Callahan (GWBush). Opn: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
JUST IN: 9th Circuit denies en banc review of judge's order that Trump admin hand over agency firing/RIF plans. 5 judges dissent: Bumatay, R. Nelson, VanDyke, Tung (all Trump) & Callahan (GWBush). Opn: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
Trump's attempts to deploy the National Guard into California and Oregon are a bridge too far for THE GWB JUDGE WHO AUTHORED THE TORTURE MEMOS...
...to which baby Trump 2.0 judge, just weeks into the job, says nuh-uh!
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...to which baby Trump 2.0 judge, just weeks into the job, says nuh-uh!
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December 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Trump's attempts to deploy the National Guard into California and Oregon are a bridge too far for THE GWB JUDGE WHO AUTHORED THE TORTURE MEMOS...
...to which baby Trump 2.0 judge, just weeks into the job, says nuh-uh!
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...to which baby Trump 2.0 judge, just weeks into the job, says nuh-uh!
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9th Circuit just made anti-SLAPP laws (like the good ones in California and Nevada) a lot less effective. This is going to lead to a ton of suppressed speech. Stupid and dangerous. Especially now.
We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one.
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We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
9th Circuit just made anti-SLAPP laws (like the good ones in California and Nevada) a lot less effective. This is going to lead to a ton of suppressed speech. Stupid and dangerous. Especially now.
We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one.
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We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one.
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JUST IN: 9th Circuit refuses to revive Republican National Committee lawsuit against Google over sending GOP emails to spam folder. RNC can't sue because Google wasn't providing service to RNC. Judges McKeown (Clinton), Friedland (Obama), Sung (Biden). Doc: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/me...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:31 PM
JUST IN: 9th Circuit refuses to revive Republican National Committee lawsuit against Google over sending GOP emails to spam folder. RNC can't sue because Google wasn't providing service to RNC. Judges McKeown (Clinton), Friedland (Obama), Sung (Biden). Doc: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/me...
JUST IN: 9th Circuit goes en banc on CA law requiring background checks for buying ammunition. Panel ruled 2-1 in July that the law violates 2nd Amendment under #SCOTUS Bruen case. That decision nullified & 11-judge bench will rehear. Doc: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
JUST IN: 9th Circuit goes en banc on CA law requiring background checks for buying ammunition. Panel ruled 2-1 in July that the law violates 2nd Amendment under #SCOTUS Bruen case. That decision nullified & 11-judge bench will rehear. Doc: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
Ninth Circuit just ended appeals from denial of anti-SLAPP motions in federal court, overturning 20+ years of precedent. From a practical standpoint, massively consequential case. From a principled standpoint, major blow to free expression. Bad.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Ninth Circuit just ended appeals from denial of anti-SLAPP motions in federal court, overturning 20+ years of precedent. From a practical standpoint, massively consequential case. From a principled standpoint, major blow to free expression. Bad.
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September 23, 2026 at 2:33 PM
JUST IN: 11 9th Circuit judges dissent* as appeals court declines en banc rehearing of ruling letting Trump use National Guard in L.A. Some judges may keep powder dry for Oregon case w/weaker facts for Trump admin. Doc: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
October 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
JUST IN: 11 9th Circuit judges dissent* as appeals court declines en banc rehearing of ruling letting Trump use National Guard in L.A. Some judges may keep powder dry for Oregon case w/weaker facts for Trump admin. Doc: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Today in schadenfreude, former CA9 judge Alex Kozinki did not prevail in a copyright case he argued before his former colleagues.
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January 3, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Today in schadenfreude, former CA9 judge Alex Kozinki did not prevail in a copyright case he argued before his former colleagues.
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Trump’s newest appointee to the Ninth Circuit having a great start with his new colleagues.
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March 11, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Trump’s newest appointee to the Ninth Circuit having a great start with his new colleagues.
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CATCHING UP: 9th Circuit Trump appointee Mark Bennett joins Clinton appointee Ronald Gould and Obama pick Jacqueline Nguyen in upholding but narrowing injunction barring use of force against journalists covering anti-ICE protests. Doc:
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April 2, 2026 at 11:29 PM
CATCHING UP: 9th Circuit Trump appointee Mark Bennett joins Clinton appointee Ronald Gould and Obama pick Jacqueline Nguyen in upholding but narrowing injunction barring use of force against journalists covering anti-ICE protests. Doc:
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A tremendous ruling from the 9th Circuit on one of the most cruel and inhumane Trump rules. "Noncitizens who arrive illegally and are found away from the border well after arrival are protected from arbitrary detention in violation of the Due Process Clause." 1/3
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September 21, 2026 at 6:54 PM
A tremendous ruling from the 9th Circuit on one of the most cruel and inhumane Trump rules. "Noncitizens who arrive illegally and are found away from the border well after arrival are protected from arbitrary detention in violation of the Due Process Clause." 1/3
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Good news, everyone: a car isn't a character just because it gets a nickname! cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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May 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Good news, everyone: a car isn't a character just because it gets a nickname! cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...