Category: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Ninth Circuit Allows Court Challenges to California’s Election Laws as Voters Await Final Counts on House Races

A citizens advocacy group has standing to challenge California’s controversial voting laws and regulations in federal court, according to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. “This lawsuit is monumental because it is the first to challenge the constitutionality of California’s election laws and procedures, and we are the first to get…


Supreme Court Reverses 9th Circuit in Chinese Asylum Case

Unanimously ruling against a Chinese asylum claimant, the Supreme Court reversed the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this morning, finding immigration judges do not have to explicitly state that an asylum seeker’s story is not credible when finding against him. The court’s opinion in the case, Garland v. Dai, court file 19-1155, was written by…


Supreme Court Rules Asylum Applicants Bear Burden of Proof, Reversing 9th Circuit

Unanimously ruling against a Chinese asylum claimant, the Supreme Court reversed the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this morning, finding immigration judges do not have to explicitly state that an asylum seeker’s story is not credible when finding against him. The court’s opinion in the case, Garland v. Dai, court file 19-1155, was written by…