https://freerepublic.com/tag/9thcircuitcourt/ en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2025 19:12:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4337500/posts Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING: The 9th Circuit has blocked the Trump administration from ending legal status for 600,000 Venezuelans. The judicial coup goes on. From Nick Sortor 1:30 PM · Aug 29, 2025 Benny Johnson on Twitter X https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4337500/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2025 19:12:00 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4308045/posts A panel of judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday denied the Trump DOJ’s request to pause a lower court’s block on the administration’s transgender military ban. A second federal judge last week temporarily blocked President Trump’s ban on transgender troops. In January President Trump signed the “Restoring America’s Fighting Force” executive order and the “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness” executive orders, which direct every element of the U.S. military to “operate free from any preference based on race or sex” and root out gender insanity and made up pronoun usage, respectively. US District Judge Benjamin Hale... https://www.thegatewaypundit.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4308045/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2025 03:15:50 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4233320/posts None offered Youtube https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4233320/posts#comment Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:11:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3897278/posts Judicial Watch Sues for McCabe/Strzok/Page FBI Text Messages Fauci Emails Show His Approval of China’s Initial Response to Coronavirus Judicial Watch Seeks Bodycam Footage in Fatal Police Shooting VA Targeted 78-Year-Old Veteran Trying to Hold it Accountable Seventy Percent of Jailed Illegal Aliens Convicted of Other Crimes Judicial Watch Sues for McCabe/Strzok/Page FBI Text Messages Under Director Christopher Wray your FBI is still covering up the unprecedented effort by its top executives to sabotage the campaign and then the presidency of Donald Trump. As you should expect, we are not deterred. We just filed a Freedom of Information Act... Judicial Watch https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3897278/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2020 23:17:39 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3884169/posts by Joe Callen A federal appeals court ruled late Monday that the Trump administration may deport hundreds of thousands of illegal alienswho previously received temporary protected status for "humanitarian" reasons, in some cases decades past the event that spurred the temporary reprieves. The 2-1 ruling by a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an injunction protecting aliens from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan from being deported pending litigation. The Trump administration ended their protections, saying their home countries were now safe for them. The decision affects 300,000 non-citizens here illegally -- and a staggering 200,000 of... 24News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3884169/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:27:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3820774/posts In a torturous, twisted interpretation of federal immigration law, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary court order Friday to block the Trump administration from continuing to implement its Migrant Protection Protocols, known informally as the Remain-in-Mexico policy. But shortly after issuing the ruling, the three-judge panel voted 2-1 to put a hold on it, preventing it from going into force until the federal government can file written arguments by the end of Monday in favor of the Remain-in-Mexico policy and plaintiffs can respond by the end of Tuesday arguing in favor of... Fox News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3820774/posts#comment Sun, 1 Mar 2020 17:26:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3790184/posts One of President Trump's nominees for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals broke down in tears during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, as he disputed suggestions that he would not be fair to members of the LGBTQ community. Lawrence VanDyke was the subject of a scathing letter from the American Bar Association, sent to committee leadership Tuesday night, which alleged that people they interviewed expressed this concern, and that VanDyke himself "would not say affirmatively that he would be fair to any litigant before him, notably members of the LGBTQ community." But conservatives have adamantly defended the nominee. And... Fox News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3790184/posts#comment Wed, 30 Oct 2019 18:00:32 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3772281/posts A federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration on Friday in the legal battle over its efforts to limit asylum claims from Central America – blocking, for now, a nationwide injunction that blocked the implementation of the rule. Last month a California federal judge blocked the rule that would require migrants to first apply in one of the countries they cross on their way to the U.S. – with certain exceptions. The rule is tailored to target Central Americans from the Northern Triangle of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras who would travel across multiple countries, including Mexico, before claiming... Fox News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3772281/posts#comment Fri, 16 Aug 2019 17:20:04 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3763815/posts The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled in favor of the Trump administration, saying the Department of Justice could give preference in awarding grants to cities that would use the money to focus on illegal immigration, as the federal government prepares to seek out undocumented immigrants in raids this weekend. The City of Los Angeles sued the Department of Justice because it did not receive any funding from the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program, which is aimed at initiatives to build trust between communities and law enforcement agencies. Los Angeles chose "building trust and respect" as... CNN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3763815/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:41:38 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3763609/posts The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Friday ruled in favor of the Trump administration's efforts to prioritize federal dollars for local policing to towns and cities that complied with certain immigration policies. The ruling, a split 2-1 decision, ruled that the Justice Department was within its rights to withhold Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants from sanctuary cities and states over their refusal to work with federal immigration enforcement authorities and instead prioritize agencies that focused on unauthorized immigration and agreed to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to jail records and immigrants in custody. The city of Los... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3763609/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jul 2019 21:18:18 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3755232/posts A Ninth Circuit Court judge nullified a key barrier to the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, arguing that it no longer applies after the Trump administration replaced the permit earlier this year. Judge Edward Leavy out of Montana ruled Thursday night in favor of the Trump administration and TransCanada Corporation’s motion to dismiss. The ruling sided with arguments that the old permit for the pipeline, which was replaced by the Trump administration in March, is no longer valid and therefore the injunction associated with it also no longer applies. The action hands a victory to the Trump administration, which... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3755232/posts#comment Fri, 7 Jun 2019 16:49:04 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3751102/posts For the second time in as many weeks, the Republican majority in the U.S. Senate has confirmed a California-based nominee to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit over the objections of the state’s two Democratic senators. The Senate voted 53-46 on Tuesday to approve the nomination of Daniel Collins, a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris withheld the so-called blue slips for Collins that home-state senators traditionally return to the Senate Judiciary to indicate their sign off on a nominee for a federal judicial seat based... The Recorder https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3751102/posts#comment Tue, 21 May 2019 21:22:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3750599/posts The name of a Navy veteran may be cleared after he was convicted, fined, and imprisoned for digging ponds in a wooded area near his Montana home, to supply water in case of fire. The Supreme Court has vacated a lower court ruling against Joe Robertson, who was sent to federal prison and ordered to pay $130,000 in restitution through deductions from his Social Security checks. Any definitive legal victory for Robertson would be posthumous, since he died March 18 at age 80. But his lawyers describe the Supreme Court’s action as a “big win” for Robertson’s widow, Carrie, who... The Daily Signal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3750599/posts#comment Mon, 20 May 2019 00:05:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3749576/posts The Senate on Wednesday confirmed a controversial nominee to the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals over the objections of both home-state senators. Senators voted 52-45 on Kenneth Lee's nomination to the influential appeals court, giving President Trump his 40th circuit judge since taking office. Lee's confirmation came despite neither Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, nor Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a 2020 presidential contender, returning a blue slip on his nomination. The blue-slip rule — a precedent upheld by Senate tradition — has historically allowed a home-state senator to stop a lower-court nominee... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3749576/posts#comment Wed, 15 May 2019 23:31:23 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3735819/posts The Supreme Court on Tuesday backed the Trump administration’s ability to detain immigrants with criminal records at any time and hold them indefinitely while they await deportation, even if they served time for their offense years ago. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court reversed the 9th Circuit’s finding that the mandatory detention requirement for certain immigrants with criminal records applies only if an immigrant is detained by officials as soon as he or she is released from jail. In delivering the decision, which split the justices along their ideological lines, Justice Samuel Alito said the 9th Circuit’s interpretation conflicts... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3735819/posts#comment Tue, 19 Mar 2019 17:11:42 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3730290/posts The Senate is set to escalate a long simmering fight over President Trump's judicial nominees. Republicans are poised to confirm a pick for the influential circuit courts next week without the support of either of the nominee's home-state senators—a first for the Trump era. Eric Miller is the first appeals judge to get a vote on the Senate floor this year, and the 31st of Trump’s presidency. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) set up an initial vote on his Ninth Circuit nomination for Monday evening. “The judicial train is running in the committee and it will soon hit the floor,”... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3730290/posts#comment Sun, 24 Feb 2019 23:55:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3724231/posts I apologize to President Trump for starting to think he was going soft. Washington Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3724231/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jan 2019 01:52:21 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3724088/posts Conservatives warned the White House on Wednesday against striking a deal with California’s two Democratic senators to water down President Trump’s judicial picks for the West Coast’s federal appeals court. Sen. David Perdue, a Georgia Republican close to Mr. Trump, said he will call and try to scuttle the negotiations, reported by The Wall Street Journal, that would have the White House pick one conservative, one consensus nominee and one liberal nominee for three openings on the already liberal U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. “Why do we need to do a deal? This is totally within our purview. We... The Washington Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3724088/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:29:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3707854/posts Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump struck a nakedly political tone during a Thanksgiving call with US service members stationed around the world as he steered the conversation toward controversial political topics. Speaking with a US general in Afghanistan, Trump likened the fight against terrorists to his efforts to prevent a group of migrants from illegally entering the United States, and he assailed federal judges who have ruled against his administration. The President also pressed the commanding officer of a Coast Guard ship in Bahrain on trade before touting his trade policies and arguing that "every nation in the world is taking... Collusion "News" Network https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3707854/posts#comment Fri, 23 Nov 2018 01:05:01 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3706412/posts About 66 million years after two dinosaurs died apparently locked in battle on the plains of modern-day Montana, an unusual fight over who owns the entangled fossils has become a multimillion-dollar issue that hinges on the legal definition of “mineral.” The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that the “Dueling Dinosaurs” located on private land are minerals both scientifically and under mineral rights laws. The fossils belong both to the owners of the property where they were found and two brothers who kept two-thirds of the mineral rights to the land once owned by their father, a... Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3706412/posts#comment Fri, 16 Nov 2018 22:04:02 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3704086/posts A U.S. appeals court in California ruled on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue a program begun under former President Barack Obama that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children. The decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals preserves the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program introduced in 2012 that has shielded from deportation a group of immigrants dubbed “Dreamers” and given them work permits, though not a path to citizenship. The ruling represented another legal defeat for Trump over DACA, although he has won... Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3704086/posts#comment Thu, 8 Nov 2018 18:38:45 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3675882/posts We’re told they enter the  country illegally because they want a better life. This is one way to get a “better life,” Seven illegal immigrants from Mexico have been charged with trying to rob a jewelry store in a Texas mall on Saturday.  The men are Zepeda Abner Posos, 24; Alberto Rafael Barrera, 32; Brayan Oliver Melchor, 23; and Javier Leobardo Olvera-Ramirez, 22, Jorge Angel Rodriguez Mejia, 28; Miguel Quintanilla-Cardenas, 26; and Raul Alberto Rangel-Rivera, 43. According to police, all are undocumented Mexican nationals (illegal aliens).But don’t worry boys, you’ll be out of jail soon enough and free to rob... MOTUS A.D. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3675882/posts#comment Thu, 2 Aug 2018 11:45:35 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3673515/posts (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment protects the right to openly carry a gun in public for self-defense, rejecting a claim by Hawaii officials that the right only applies to guns kept at home. The ruling by a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, makes the San Francisco-based court the sixth U.S. circuit court to interpret the Second Amendment this way and could set the issue on a path toward the U.S. Supreme Court, which has not taken up a major gun rights case since 2010. The... reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3673515/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2018 20:55:47 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3649995/posts The most liberal appeals court in America could soon be getting a Republican makeover if President Trump and Senate GOP leaders are able to fill seven open seats with conservative picks. Standing in their way is a wall of Democrats hellbent on protecting the long-standing leftward lean of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The stakes are sky high because of the size, caseload and clout of the court. If Trump is successful in getting young, ideologically conservative nominees through the confirmation process, he could significantly alter the court’s DNA for decades to come. “Adding seven conservatives to the court... The Washington Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3649995/posts#comment Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:41:34 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3584308/posts Oregon Sens.Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have announced plans to block President Trump’s nominee for the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. In a letter to the White House on Thursday, the two Democratic senators said they do not intend to return blue slips for Ryan Bounds “or any other nominee that has not been selected through our judicial process.” “As you are aware, in May we wrote you to explain Oregon’s long bipartisan tradition of working together to identify the most qualified candidates for judicial vacancies,” they wrote. “As senators charged with the task for advice and consent... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3584308/posts#comment Fri, 8 Sep 2017 18:46:36 GMT