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Justice Elena Kagan temporarily pauses subpoena from Jan. 6 committee for Arizona GOP leader's phone records

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily paused enforcement of a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol for the phone records of the head of the Arizona Republican Party.

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Arizona GOP leader takes Jan. 6 subpoena fight to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The head of the Arizona Republican Party asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to at least temporarily pause a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol that seeks her phone records.

Tribune News Service

Arizona GOP leader takes Jan. 6 subpoena fight to Supreme Court - Roll Call

Kelli Ward petitioned the court to at least temporarily pause a subpoena from the House select committee investigating Capitol attack.

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Senate elections portend future of judiciary

WASHINGTON — Republicans are vowing to pressure President Joe Biden to nominate moderate judicial candidates if the GOP wins back control of the U.S. Senate in midterm elections.

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Retrial of Backpage Execs Wouldn't Be Double Jeopardy, Court Says

Former Backpage executives could now face trial again in 2023, after the government's first attempt resulted in a mistrial.

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Federal appeals court sends California gun litigants back to trial court, history books

LOS ANGELES — In May, a federal appeals court ruled that California's ban on semiautomatic rifle sales to adults younger than 21 was unconstitutional. On Wednesday, that same court, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, reversed itself, sending the case back to a lower court to be retried.

Los Angeles Times

Court: Extraordinary damages OK in 'wrongful life' case

The Washington Supreme Court says that under state law, it’s OK for judges to award extraordinary damages in so-called “wrongful life” cases where a child has birth defects that require extensive care

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Geothermal plant wins appeal but pauses Nevada construction

The developer of a geothermal power plant facing legal challenges in Nevada has agreed to temporarily suspend construction of the project

The Independent UK

Nevada court fights raise caution flags on green energy push

Opposition from friends, not foes, is creating some potential roadblocks to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda in the blue-leaning, Western swing state of Nevada

The Independent UK

War on California gun laws revs up after Supreme Court’s ‘right to carry’ decision

LOS ANGELES — For years, the relationship between Miranda and Richard Wallingford and their Huntington Beach neighbor Jessica Nguyen has been unhappy — if not outright hostile.

Los Angeles Times

SCOTUS Vacates 4 Decisions Upholding Gun Control Laws Whose Constitutionality Now Looks Doubtful

The Court told appeals courts to reconsider their conclusions in light of last week's ruling against New York's restrictions on public possession of firearms.

Reason

SCOTUS Rejects 'Interest-Balancing' Tests That Treated the Second Amendment As a 'Constitutional Orphan'

The ruling against New York's carry permit policy is a rebuke to courts that routinely rubber-stamp gun restrictions.

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US Supreme Court shields police from ‘Miranda’ lawsuits

Top court justices rule in favour of sheriff’s deputy who was sued after suspect said officer never read him his rights.

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A 9th Circuit panel tossed California's ban on private immigration facilities. That could change on appeal

LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for a private prison company traded arguments with the state of California before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena on Tuesday over a lawsuit challenging state legislation banning private, for-profit prisons and immigration detention centers.

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This Political Dissident Faces Death Threats if He Goes Back to Nicaragua. Why Was His Asylum Claim Denied?

Nicaraguan government operatives threatened Mario Rajib Flores Molina with torture and imprisonment. A new court ruling has revived his pursuit of asylum in the United States.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Trump's judges will keep moving the country to the far right for decades

Ryan D. Nelson is a model of a modern anti-regulation conservative and culture warrior. As a Justice Department lawyer under President George W. Bush, he oversaw that administration's campaign to go easy on polluters and roll back environmental rules.

Reason

Biden Conflates a Broad Category of Rifles With Intolerable 'Weapons of War'

The administration's slippery terminology illustrates the challenge of distinguishing between "good" and "bad" guns.

Los Angeles Times

9th Circuit Court blocks permits for fracking off California coast

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday blocked fracking off the California coast, ruling that the federal government must complete a full environmental review before approving permits for such offshore oil drilling platforms.

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Delta-8 Cannabis Compound Is Legal, Says Federal Appeals Court

Plus: Libertarian Party changes abortion and bigotry planks, the FDA's weird rejection of fluvoxamine for treating COVID-19, and more...

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Unfazed by the Second Amendment, Democrats Want To Ban Gun Purchases by Young Adults

Two federal appeals courts recently concluded that such age restrictions are unconstitutional.

Tribune News Service

States band together to block immigration policy

On the morning of April 28, Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton filed his 11th immigration-related lawsuit against the Biden administration, submitting his paperwork before a U.S. District Court judge in the panhandle city of Amarillo and then issuing a news release about it.

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Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for May 1

Welcome to the May 9 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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YouTube ISIS Videos Mean the Supreme Court Could Reconsider Section 230

Plus: A court rejects a "discriminatory harassment" ban at a Florida university, a private space mission heads back to earth, and more...

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Florida's Agriculture Commissioner Says the Ban on Gun Possession by Marijuana Users Is Unconstitutional

Nikki Fried, a Democrat, is suing the Biden administration, arguing that the policy violates the Second Amendment and a congressional spending rider.

The Independent UK

Juvenile lifer seeks reprieve amid broader push for leniency

Attorneys for an Arizona man who was sentenced to life in federal prison for crimes he committed as a juvenile are pushing for his time to be cut short

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