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Appeals Court Blocks California’s Background Checks for Ammunition Buyers

The law violates the Second Amendment, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision.

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California voters approved a ballot initiative in 2019 to require background checks for ammunition buyers.
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Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Restrict Birthright Citizenship

The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit brings the White House’s theory of citizenship closer to a full Supreme Court review.

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The ruling appears to be the first time that an appellate court has ruled on birthright citizenship after a Supreme Court decision limiting the scope of injunctions sent lawyers scrambling to recast their claims in light of its new standard.
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators

The court’s order was the latest in a series of emergency rulings on the scope of the president’s power over independent agencies.

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President Trump notified three commissioners on the product safety board in early May that he was removing them.
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Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Ban Faces New Peril: Class Actions

In last month’s decision limiting one judicial tool, universal injunctions, the court seemed to invite lower courts to use class actions as an alternative.

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The federal courthouse in Concord, N.H. A federal judge in the state opened a new front in the battle to deny President Trump’s effort to redefine who can become a citizen.
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