The Latest Breaking News from Ninth Circuit

Neighbors from hell, unvaccinated prison staff, and unconscionable sentences.

From a preliminary injunction decision by Judge Richard Jones (W.D. Wash.) in Sullivan v. Univ. of Washington (with PETA as intervenors; earlier coverage here): The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee ("IACUC") at the University of Washington monitors animal research conducted at the university. The committee "approves and monitors all…

Sidewalk chalk, invasive owls, and ostinato copyrights.

The Ninth Circuit doesn't hold that the chalking ban is unconstitutional, but does conclude that Las Vegas arrests for chalking (as opposed to citations) may be so rare as to raise the inference that they were retaliation for the message.

Twitter's content moderation, LBJ's lies, and a judge's ruse.

Spoiled food, thugs with badges, and strip searches in school.

On Feb. 7, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a California law prohibiting public employers from discouraging union membership or dues deduction authorizations. 

Psilocybin, prayer oil, and net neutrality.

Say yes to the dress, respectful dissents, and kettling technique.