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9th Circuit Affirms Gun Ban for Undocumented Immigrants Under Bruen Framework

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of Oscar Vazquez-Ramirez for illegally possessing a firearm while undocumented, rejecting his Second Amendment challenge. The court applied the Supreme Court's Bruen framework and overruled its previous intermediate scrutiny standard.

•Ninth Circuit affirmed conviction under federal law prohibiting undocumented immigrants from possessing firearms
•Court overruled its 2019 Torres precedent that applied intermediate scrutiny to immigration-based gun restrictions
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9th Circuit Certifies Police Shooting Questions to Nevada Supreme Court

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has certified two legal questions to the Nevada Supreme Court in a civil rights lawsuit involving the fatal police shooting of Keith Childress Jr. The case centers on whether negligence claims can be raised against officers who intentionally used force based on mistaken beliefs about a suspect carrying a firearm.

•Ninth Circuit certified legal questions to Nevada Supreme Court regarding police use-of-force liability
•Case involves fatal shooting where officers mistakenly believed suspect carried firearm
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9th Circuit: Commerce Clause Doesn't Apply to Cannabis Licensing

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed lower court rulings rejecting constitutional challenges to residency requirements for cannabis dispensary licenses in Washington state and Sacramento. The court held that the Dormant Commerce Clause does not protect interstate commerce in federally illegal marijuana markets.

•Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissals of Commerce Clause challenges to cannabis residency requirements
•Court ruled Dormant Commerce Clause doesn't apply to federally illegal marijuana commerce
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