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Ninth Circuit: Second Amendment Incorporated, Gun Show Ban Upheld
A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit today ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause incorporates the Second Amendment individual right to bear arms against state and local governments...

Old Van w/ Low MPG, High FS (Free Speech): Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Van Speech
The Ninth Circuit has rendered an interesting first amendment decision on the right to cover one’s car with unpopular or obnoxious statements. Matthew Fogel painted his van with such ditties as ?ALLAH PRAISE THE PATRIOT ACT ...

Ninth Circuit Finds Fourth Amendment Protection in Text Messages:
The Ninth Circuit handed down a very important decision today in Quon v. Arch Wireless Operating Company holding that users of text messaging services ordinarily have a Fourth Amendment reasonable...

Ninth Circuit Does Not Reach How Fourth Amendment Applies to Text Messages:
Back in November, I had a long and fairly detailed post about a pending Ninth Circuit case, United States v. McCreary, that considered how the Fourth Amendment applies to text...

Ninth Circuit Allows Suspicionless Computer Searches at the Border:
The Ninth Circuit has (finally) handed down United States v. Arnold; the court ruled that there is no Fourth Amendment requirement of "reasonable suspicion" to search a laptop computer at...

En Banc Ninth Addresses Whether I Plead the Fifth Is Ambiguous
Anderson v. Terhune, 04-17237 (9th Cir., Feb. 15, 2008) A little over a year ago, I wrote about a startling habeas decision from the Ninth Circuit involving a defendant?s assertion of his Fifth Amendment right to silence...

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

Specialty Lamp International
Recalls Counterfeit Circuit Breakers