Tag: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Group Withdraws Federal Suit Challenging San Diego’s No Exemption Student Vaccination Mandate

March 10, 2023
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A federal lawsuit challenging San Diego’s mandate requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for students as discriminatory is poised to be formally dismissed after the Supreme Court of California struck it down last month. The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) was one of the few in the United States that required students to receive the vaccine for…

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Federal Appeals Court Overturns California’s Ban on Private Immigration Detention Centers

September 27, 2022
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California’s ban on privately owned and operated immigration detention facilities is unconstitutional because it interferes with and gives the state a veto over federal government operations, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled on Sept. 26. In an 8-3 vote, an 11-member en banc panel of the court declared that California law…

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Hawaii Veteran Pleads With 9th Circuit to Comply With Supreme Court’s Second Amendment Ruling

July 10, 2022
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A 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran is asking an appeals court to speed up processing of a gun permit he first sought 11 years ago now that the Supreme Court has ruled Hawaii’s gun-permitting system is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court determined June 23 that there is a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense….

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SCOTUS: Failure to Read Miranda Rights Not Independent Ground to Sue Police

June 23, 2022
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The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 on June 23 that police can’t be sued for failing to read an accused person his Miranda rights before moving forward with questioning. The court’s landmark 1966 ruling in Miranda v. Arizona generally prevents criminal courts from accepting as evidence against a criminal defendant any self-incriminating statement made by that…

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