The Latest Breaking News from the 9th Circuit

Officers should have known that handcuffing a compliant 10-year-old is unnecessary, the court ruled.

Plus: A disappointing first round of "Baby YIMBY" grant awards, President Joe Biden endorses rent control, and House Republicans propose cutting housing spending.

Homeless advocates say the court's decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson gives local governments a blank check to "to arrest or fine those with no choice but to sleep outdoors."

On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a case brought by the federal government regarding whether Idaho’s abortion ban conflicts with a federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. The law requires emergency rooms to provide stabilizing care for patients experiencing medical emergencies regardless of…

The Supreme Court will allow abortions in Idaho in emergency situations, for now, despite the state’s near-total ban on the procedure.

The state's gun permit policy underlines the absurdity of assuming that cannabis consumers are too dangerous to be trusted with firearms.

The 9th Circuit determined that forcibly mashing a suspect's thumb into his phone to unlock it was akin to fingerprinting him at the police station.

Legislators are taking a page from constitutionally dubious state laws that make carry permits highly impractical to use.

Undocumented immigrants aren’t the same as an invading army, but the Texas governor keeps acting like they are.

The state's law, which a federal judge enjoined last month, prohibits firearms in most public places.

The Supreme Court will decide this term whether Idaho can enforce its abortion ban as it applies to emergency rooms.