Ninth Circuit

'Deliberate Indifference' May Impose Liability

Brad Reid | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Los Angeles County Sheriff, Deliberate Indifference, Prison Inmates, Ninth Circuit, La County Sherriff Supreme Court, La County Jail Abuse, Crime News

On Monday, April 30 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a Ninth Circuit decision that allowed an inmate to sue the Los Angeles County Sheriff for injuries received while confined.

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WATCH: Keep Political Ads Off Public TV

Bill Moyers | Posted 04.23.2012

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Political Ads May Be Coming To A PBS Station Near You

Reuters | Posted 04.13.2012

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* 9th Circuit says FCC political ad ban too broad * Dissent fears for future of public broadcasting * FCC ban on ads for...

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Court To Investigate Judge's Racist Obama Email

The Huffington Post | Mollie Reilly | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Richard Cebull Obama Email, Politics News, Video, Ninth Circuit, President Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Richard Cebull Email, Richard Cebull, Politics News

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' chief judge has ordered an investigation of an email sent by a Montana federal judge containing a racist joke about ...

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Rick Santorum Tries To Woo Guam

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.09.2012

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An offhand joke during the New Hampshire primaries about sending unwanted liberal judges to Guam is coming back to haunt Rick Santorum. Both Santor...

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When It Comes to the Free Speech Rights of Teachers, the Joke's on Us

Sam Chaltain | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Public Employees, US Supreme Court, First Amendment, Arizona, Thurgood Marshall, Ninth Circuit, Free Speech, Education News

Let's enjoy a short laugh at the foolishness of Arizona's lawmakers to muzzle their state's public school teachers. And then let's remember that a more carefully constructed bill may not be as outlandish, and unlikely, as we think.

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Florida Primary May Save Federal Judges From Newt

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.30.2012

WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich's lackluster performance in Thursday night's debate darkened the already dim chances of seeing Justice Anthony Kennedy hau...

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Rick Santorum Jokes About Sending Ninth Circuit Judges To Guam

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.05.2012

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TILTON, N.H. -- Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum went after the judicial branch at a town hall meeting on Thursday morning, saying it was the...

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Chief Justice Roberts Defends Scalia's Honor

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Video, 9th Circuit, Minneci v. Pollard, Antonin Scalia, Eighth Amendment, Prisons, Chief Justice Roberts, Elena Kagan, Ninth Circuit, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- It's 9th Circuit smackdown season at the Supreme Court and, judging from Tuesday morning's oral arguments, Richard Lee Pollard could be ...

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Have a Really Good Weekend -- Something to Celebrate!

Carl Pope | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Wild Forests, Wildlands, National Forest System, Ninth Circuit, George W. Bush, Green News

Denver -- The roadless wild forests in the National Forest System were originally set aside and protected from road-building, logging, and other comme...

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Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Eight New Cases

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 11.27.2011

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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear eight cases out of the hundreds of petitions received during its summer recess. The cases, which will lik...

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At Last: Senate To Vote on Goodwin Liu

Marcia D. Greenberger | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Federal Appellate Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judicial Emergency, Ninth Circuit, Goodwin Liu, Judicial Nominations, Politics News

Despite the fact that Professor Goodwin Liu was nominated over a year ago to a seat designated a "judicial emergency" on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals a minority in the Senate has persisted in blocking his nomination -- until now.

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Do Parents' Rights End at the Schoolhouse Gate?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Public Schools, Pharmaceutical Industry, Sex Survey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Antidepressants, Ninth Circuit, Parents Rights, Education News

Helping America's teens make positive, healthy and responsible lifestyle choices is a worthy goal, but it must start with parents within the home.

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Now About the Matter of Size

Erica Payne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, District Judge Martin J. Jenkins, Erica Payne, March 29, The Agenda Project, Lilly Ledbetter, Illegal Bias, Civil Rights, Wal-Mart v. Dukes, International Women's Day, Agenda Project, Sex Discrimination, Ninth Circuit, David and Goliath, Politics News

With Wal-Mart v. Dukes the Court will soon hear arguments in one of the most important civil rights cases in the country's history. Their decision will pave the way for further progress or stop it dead in its tracks.

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"Judicial Emergency": Goodwin Liu's Nomination Hits One Year

Judith E. Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Ninth Circuit seat sits empty a year after Goodwin Liu's nomination, and the situation has gotten even worse. The vacancy is now one of three on the Ninth Circuit, each of them denominated a "judicial emergency".

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Don't Tell Us What to Ask

Jessica Levinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics News, Politics, Senate, Congress, Barack Obama, House of Representatives, Legislative Chamber, Ninth Circuit, Politics News

Goodbye "don't ask, don't tell." At seventeen years old, the controversial law almost reached voting age. Congratulations, President Obama, among ...

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Ashcroft v. al-Kidd and Material Witness Detention

Wes Oliver | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Obama Administration, Material Witness, John Ashcroft, Al-Kidd, Detention, Ninth Circuit, Detainees, Politics News

Mr. al-Kidd did not seem to qualify for detention under the material witness statute. The treatment he alleged he received once he was detained is inconsistent with our fundamental values.

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Supreme Court Waits in the Wings as Appeals Court Considers the Constitution, Voting Rights, Race and Criminal Justice

Elizabeth B. Wydra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Voter Disenfranchisement, Solicitor General, Voting Rights, Obama Administration, Criminal Justice, Democracy, Race, Ninth Circuit, Felons, Politics News

Serious questions about racial discrimination in our criminal justice system, laws that deny the vote to those who have been convicted in this system,...

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Jay Bybee's Rules at Home: "Be Nice. Don't Hit." Bybee's Rules for the CIA: Torture Prisoners

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bybee seems to be against corporal punishment at home, but has no problem with slamming prisoners against walls, locking people in boxes and simulating drowning.

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