Senate Confirms Trump’s 9th Cabinet Nominee As Confirmation Schedule Far Outpaces Biden’s Nominees
The Senate voted on Monday evening in a supervisory way and confirmed fracking executive Christian as an energy secretary. Senator vote Seven Democratic members and one independent person join the Republican colleagues and check the lights 59 to 38. For the Senate Democratic Party members who supported the lights, Colorado Senate Michael Bennett, John Hicken […]
9th Circuit says mug shots posted online are ‘pretrial punishment’ in Maricopa County case
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that posting arrestees' mugshots on government websites constitutes illegal pretrial punishment. In a unanimous decision, three judges gave Brian Houston permission to sue Maricopa County over the sheriff's department's practice of routinely posting photos of people processed in its jails on the internet. Justice Marcia Berzon, writing […]
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office removes mug shots from website after 9th Circuit ruling
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office announced Monday that it had removed mugshots of suspects from its website after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the office, finding it illegal to post the photos online. The man's lawyers who filed the lawsuit argue that the photos violate their client's constitutional rights. Earlier this month, […]
Florence chef takes home win at 9th annual Alabama Seafood Cook-Off
A chef from popular Florence restaurant Odette has been named the winner of the ninth annual Alabama Seafood Cook-Off, pitting the best chefs across the state against each other to win $2,500 and a chance to win at the 2024 Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans, Louisiana this summer. According to Alabama Gulf Seafood, […]
The 9th Circuit Is Wrong: There’s No Homelessness Protection Clause in Constitution
In the past, constitutional interpretation involved actually interpreting the text. constitution. It's not a blank slate. That word has a real meaning. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has acknowledged that the Constitution contains language, but its judges have held that whatever meanings those language may have, no matter how outlandish they […]
Limits on San Francisco’s clearing of homeless encampments upheld by 9th Circuit
A court order limiting the city of San Francisco's ability to remove people from street encampments who have nowhere else to go will remain in effect as long as the lawsuit continues, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenges […]
9th Circuit to decide constitutionality of new Arizona voter registration law
A commission of the Ninth Circuit took up the issue Tuesday of whether Arizona could enforce a law that advocacy groups claim would disenfranchise Arizona voters. SB1260The bill, signed in June, requires county registrars to deregister voters and remove them from the state’s permanent mail-in ballot list if they are registered to vote in another […]
Rep. Paul Gosar unopposed in Arizona’s 9th Congressional District
Incumbent Republican Rep. Paul Gossar was re-elected to the House of Representatives. Gosar, who was not opposed on the ballot, represents Arizona’s 9th congressional district. Gosar was first elected to Congress in 2010, representing what was then the 1st Congressional District in northern Arizona, and served one term. Then, after changing his district in 2012, […]
Ariz. Chamber, Biz Interests Urge 9th Circ. To Greenlight Mine
By Ali Sullivan (January 24, 2023 8:09 PM EST) — The Apache nonprofit’s religious freedom challenge to the federal land exchange for its copper mines in Tonto National Forest, Arizona, is a free “clear does not meet the “rule of thumb”. The Arizona Chamber of Commerce petitioned the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold […]
