The 9th Circuit Upholds a University of Washington Professor's Right to Mock 'Land Acknowledgments'

The appeals court ruled that administrators violated Stuart Reges' First Amendment rights when they investigated and ...

Second Amendment Protects Right to Open Carry, Ninth Circuit Panel Holds (2-1)

A short excerpt from today's very long opinion in Baird v. Bonta by Judge Lawrence VanDyke, joined by Judge Kenneth Lee: ...
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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 ...
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READER'S VIEWS: Explaining the Ninth Amendment

Most justices do believe that the Ninth Amendment has binding authority, and they use it to protect implicit rights hinted at but not explicated elsewhere in the Constitution. Implicit rights include ...