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Opinion: D-Day for Arizona's Immigration Law Approaches

(Oct. 29) -- With Election Day fast approaching, the public is closely following key races across the country, but those concerned with our country's national security should pay attention to what's happening the day before in San Francisco. On Monday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments for and against...

Gay Vet: Obama Playing Politics on 'Don't Ask'

(Oct. 21) -- In the course of one day, Lt. Dan Choi, a gay Iraq war veteran, has gone from ecstatic to devastated. On Wednesday, he gleefully announced he'd begun the process of re-enlisting in the Army because the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy had been suspended. Today, he was back where he started after...

Supreme Court to Hear Sexting Privacy Case

(Dec. 14) -- The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it would hear a case to clarify the extent of the rights of employers to read text messages sent and received by their employees on employer-issued equipment. Jeff Quon, a police sergeant in Ontario, Calif., is alleged to have used a work pager to send hundreds of...

Background on 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:

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