#NinthCircuit Hands Users A Big Win: Californians Can Sue Out-of-State Corporations That Violate State #Privacy Laws
#california
#NinthCircuit
6 Federal Agencies Must Rehire Staffers Fired A Month Ago After #NinthCircuit #AppealsCourt Ruling Against #Drumpf & #MelonHusk Minions
All "probationary employees"—those hired within the past yr—who were X'd by Elon's minions on February 13th & 14th as #Valentines from DJT were ordered to to be reinstated to jobs at #DefenseDept, #Energy, #USTreasury, #Agriculture, #Interior, and #Veterans Affairs.
Whether #OutlawWH will expeditiously comply is not assured, as rogue admin already gleefully ignored another federal judgement order this weekend regarding Venezuelan deportees sent to El Salvador
"Is That Appealable? Understanding Appealability in California State Courts & the Ninth Circuit" | Clarkson Partner Glenn Danas will offer insights on appealability rules, navigating interlocutory orders, writ petitions, and more at this CLE event hosted by the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
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#Appellate #NinthCircuit #ContinuingLegalEducation
https://azmirror.com/2025/02/25/appeals-court-blocks-arizona-laws-targeting-federal-only-voters/
Ninth Circuit FTW.
#elections #freeelections #fairelections #freeandfairelections #votingrights #voterrights #ninthcircuit #ninthcircuitcourtofappeals #9nthcircuit #9thcircuitcourtofappeals #justices #laws #lawandorder #arizona #AZ
#EFF to #NinthCircuit:
#YoungPeople Have a #FirstAmendment Right to Use #SocialMedia (and All of Its Features)
@eff to #NinthCircuit : Young People Have a #FirstAmendment Right to Use #SocialMedia (and All of Its Features)
#freespeech
The #ninthCircuit will, given the opportunity, overturn the #Idaho #abortion law on its dubious merits, which were largely not up for review by the #court in this process.
Of course, what happens after that. . . #SCOTUS
#NinthCircuit #CourtOfAppeals reverses prior decision that #Google properly notified #ChromeBrowser #OptOut users when it was slurping up their #data anyway. #ParentCorp #Alphabet risks owing untabulated damages to any #Chrome browser users for past eight years
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/google-cant-defend-shady-chrome-data-hoarding-as-browser-agnostic-court-says/ #DataCollection #LegalJargon #BrowserWars #TermsOfService
The server test has enabled users who embed content to skirt copyright infringement. However, the 2007 ruling faces another major challenge.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2024/08/08/the-server-test-suffers-a-major-blow/
It's worth noting the court's reasoning here. In overturning the prior dismissal of the case, they challenged Judge Carney's comparison of the neo-nazi defendants with antifascist arrestees on three grounds:
1. The nazis were serial perpetrators who went to multiple rallies and assaulted people, whereas the antifascists who had been arrested at a rally weren't and didn't.
2. The nazis "behaved like leaders of an organized crime group" insofar as they "coordinated combat training sessions; created materials to recruit others; and planned cross-country travel to commit their acts."
3. Prosecutors simply had a much stronger case against the nazis, given their prior assault convictions and the fact that they bragged about it online, handing prosecutors useful evidence.
I'd like to think that the second point might establish a precedent applicable to basically the entire Active Club network and possibly others, but the reality is that it's at least as likely to be applied to groups like JBGC or any activists who do actual self-defense classes together.
The third one really should be an object lesson to all of us. As the lawyers say: Shut The Fuck Up. Don't talk about what you did or didn't do and sure as hell don't brag about it. It's just not worth it.
Anyways, an interesting turn. And Judge Carney has just recently (semi-?)retired, so maybe Rundo will finally go to trial. (From what I hear, Boman has left that whole scene and expressed regret about it all. I have no insight into whether or not this is true or, if so, whether or not he's sincere. In either case, regret isn't, unto itself, a literal or metaphorical Get Out of Jail Free card. Still, an ex-nazi is better than an active nazi, and I'd rather he make a sincere effort and get the support he needs in getting out of that scene. We'll see...)
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From the article:
For the second time, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday reinstated an indictment against a pair of Southern California white supremacists, overruling a federal judge who said the men were singled out for selective prosecution.
The appellate panel rejected the conclusion of Senior U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, a George W. Bush appointee, who said federal prosecutors went after the two members of the white-supremacist Rise Above Movement while ignoring similar violence by members of far-left groups. The pair was accused of chasing down and violently attacking counter protesters at Make America Great Again rallies.
By looking broadly at the collective conduct of groups like antifa and weighing it against the individual conduct of the two defendants, Robert Rundo and Robert Boman, Carney was comparing apples to oranges, the Ninth Circuit panel said.
#Rundo #RiseAboveMovement #NeoNazis #Antifa #NinthCircuit #ActiveClub
Will a Court Ruling Push the DEA to Reschedule Psilocybin?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/will-court-ruling-push-dea-reschedule-psilocybin-2024a10002yt?src=rss #psilocybin #reschedule #DEA #RightToTry #NinthCircuit #AIMS
#Idaho #NinthCircuit #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ProtectTransKids
*BREAKING
*WATCH(1min)
Appeals court upholds injunction blocking Idaho law banning transgender care for minors | ktvb.com
"A law preventing Idaho doctors from providing gender-affirming treatments or care to minors will remain blocked until a lawsuit opposing the law is resolved."
https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/politics/appeals-court-upholds-injunction-blocking-idaho-law-bans-transgender-care-minors/277-d8fc5514-7b11-4d3f-b426-0ee89e7e9f09
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE (maybe)
We have a voluntary dismissal of what remained of The Satanic Temple's federal court case against us.
United Federation of Churches LLC v. Johnson
Notice of Voluntary Dismissal (case) — Document No. 58
District Court, W.D. Washington
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17042463/58/united-federation-of-churches-llc-v-johnson/
So we may finally get to take this part out of the ol' standby:
"Moreover, we’re still being sued by The Satanic Temple in f̷e̷d̷e̷r̷a̷l̷ ̷c̷o̷u̷r̷t̷ ̷a̷n̷d̷ ̷n̷o̷w̷ King County Superior Court."
If you would like to help us cover our ongoing legal expenses as they are about to reach into a fourth year, you have some options here:
-https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fund-for-victims-of-satanic-temple1
-https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/queersatanic
-https://cash.app/$queersatanic
-https://www.patreon.com/QueerSatanic
-https://www.redbubble.com/people/queersatanic/shop
If you need a refresher on how we got here, including the #NinthCircuit opening the door for TST to have another crack at its #defamation claims:
https://queersatanic.com/ninth-circuit-gives-satanic-temples-slapp-suit-mixed-response/
If you're wondering, "Wait, why is The Satanic Temple (still) suing you?" or want to help other people with questions understand what's going on:
https://queersatanic.com/wait-why-is-the-satanic-temple-still-suing-you/
#TheSatanicTemple is also still suing Newsweek and its reporter (but maybe not her anymore!) for writing about us. In addition, TST is now suing a #TikToker in #Texas for talking about our case.
The #Newsweek case continues to progress, the #TikTok creator not so much:
https://queersatanic.com/2023-was-a-very-bad-year-for-the-satanic-temple-in-court/
If we're very lucky, The #SatanicTemple will finally take its L and use this as an opportunity to close out its state case, too.
However, more likely is #TST will add in the defamation to the currently stayed case sitting in #KingCounty Superior court to consolidate everything there, and we will have to beat them there instead, the devil willing.
If you're still a member or know people who are, see if you can get TST's owners to justify using other people's money to keep a failing #SLAPP action going four years after they started it and lost every step along the way.
How much is enough?
The Satanic Temple is very bad at court cases (December 2023)
https://the.satanic.wiki/index.php?title=The_Satanic_Temple#Lawsuits
https://reddit.com/r/TheSatanicCirclejerk/comments/18nctl4/comment/ke9vznd/
Changes from November include:
* Confirmation both #TravisCounty, #Texas, lawsuits have not seen any new filings in more than one year.
* #NinthCircuit granted #TST partial victory in form of an additional opportunity to make defamation claims in federal district court against Johnson et al Defendants.
https://queersatanic.com/ninth-circuit-gives-satanic-temples-slapp-suit-mixed-response/
Moreover, we’re still being sued by #TheSatanicTemple in federal appellate court and now #KingCounty Superior Court.
TST is also still suing #Newsweek and its reporter (but maybe not her anymore!) for writing about us. In addition, the #SatanicTemple is now suing a #TikToker in Texas for talking about our case. Check the pinned post for more.
Judge Ana de Alba Elevated to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/ana-de-alba-ninth-circuit-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #AnaDeAlba #California #NinthCircuit
EFF to Ninth Circuit: Activists’ Personal Information Unconstitutionally Collected by DHS Must Be Expunged
The Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security, the agency’s watchdog, later reported that the U.S. government shared sensitive information with the Mexican government, and U.S. officials had improperly asked Mexican officials to deny entry into Mexico to Americans to prevent them from doing their jobs.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/eff-ninth-circuit-activists-personal-information-unconstitutionally-collected-dhs #EFF #NinthCircuit #personal #information #expunge #journalism #Mexico #CBP #ICE #FBI #lawyers #activists
#TheSatanicTemple failed that claim for many reasons.
But rather than take the L and spend its resources on actual threats to #humanRights, they’re appealing the dismissal, trying to establish precedent that would make it easier for churches to retaliate against critics.
The Satanic Temple is making a pro-theocracy argument to bind over 62 million people within the #NinthCircuit.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66805454/united-federation-of-churches-llc-v-david-johnson/
Or, more bluntly: #TST is staking its legitimacy as a #religion on the extent to which it can redefine the law to marginalize its own politically convenient targets in turn.
A new ruling in the 9th Circuit was a major win for both Instagram and the server test. Here's what it means for both moving forward.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2023/07/19/instagram-and-the-server-test-win-9th-circuit-challenge/
This is kinda huge!
Pay attention #travelers #LivingWithDisabilities and others will #benefit from this
#NinthCircuit Latest Appeals Court To Say #TSA Agents Can Be #Sued For #Constitutional #Violations | Techdirt
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