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A panel of three federal judges heard argument in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the Proposition 8 (or the California Marriage Protection Act) case. The Ninth Circuit heard an appeal of an August…

A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel heard oral arguments on Perry v. Brown. The case involves U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling that the voter-approved Proposition 8 …

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in Veterans for Common Sense v. Shinseki. Veterans for Common Sense, and co-plaintiff Veterans United for Truth, asked the Court to ord…

The panel of sitting federal judges talked about the state of the federal judicial system. They focused on the challenges facing each federal circuit and solutions for overcoming them. The p…

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard oral arguments in two cases on the use of God-related language. In the second case, the Court reviewed a district court’s ruling …

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard oral arguments in two cases on the use of God-related language. In Newdow v. U.S. Congress the plaintiff, Sacramento physicia…

The full panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in Padilla v. Lever over allegations that Orange County, California, election officials violated the Voting Rights Ac…

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed a lower court decision that struck down a federal law banning partial-birth abortions. The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, signed into law…

Antonio Villaraigosa was inaugurated as the mayor of Los Angeles, California at City Hall. Judge Stephen Reinhardt swore the new mayor in. Among the topics Mayor Villaraigosa discussed were …

At the 13th Annual California Court Panel, Ninth Circuit Judges Alex Kozinski and Stephen Reinhardt discussed the topic, “Where Will Another Right Turn Take Us?” The panelists analyzed and …

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in the case of Harper v. Poway Unified School District in Pasadena, California. The case involved a high school student suspended for w…

Federal Judges spoke about the judicial process, Justice Department policies, federal sentencing guidelines, and civil rights. They also talked about conservative influences on the law and j…

Two U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judges, Judge Kozinski and Judge Reinhardt, talked about their experiences on the court. The judges were appointed by presidents Reagan and Carter, re…

Judge Stephen Reinhardt talked to faculty, staff, and students at Gonzaga University about the history of the Supreme Court. In particular he spoke about the accomplishments of Supreme Court…

This case deals with the constitutional rights of prisoners. In particular, a prisoner diagnosed with HIV at Vacaville State Prison was isolated in the infirmary. The issue was whether his c…

The issue in this case is California Proposition 140 which puts a lifetime ban on state legislative service. Mr. Bates is a member of the California Assembly who initiated the suit and Mr. J…

Judge Stephen Reinhardt spoke about the impact of presidents on federal courts at all levels. He compared President Clinton’s apparent lack of interest in shaping the courts with the strong …

The participants, who all had extensive experience with judiciary administrative issues, addressed a variety of questions about the future of U.S. federal courts including the federal judici…

Several judges spoke in a forum during the 1993 national workshop for Judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals on the Constitutional separation of powers. The judges discussed the court’s role in…

Judge Reinhardt spoke about Jews and the federal judiciary and the absence of Jews on the Supreme Court.