United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit


 

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:

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Federal court - Appellate - Jurisdiction - District courts - Districts

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Introduction
History and background
Controversy
Ninth Circuit split proposals
Current composition of the court
Pending nominations
List of former judges
Chief judges
Succession of seats
See also
External links

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NY Times editorial on laptop seizures by Homeland Security

An editorial in today's NY Times asks Congress to make Homeland Security stop seizing the laptops and phones of US citizens returning from overseas travel. Like that will ever happen. There have been widespread reports of the government searching ? and often seizing ? laptops, BlackBerrys, iPhones and other portable electronic devices at airports. It is not clear how often these searches occur, and the government will not say. The Association of Corporate Travel Executives says that of 100 people who responded to a survey it conducted this year, 7 said they had had a laptop or other electronic device seized. ... Laptop owners rightly complain that the program violates the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. Their legal objections, however, have not fared well. In April, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco upheld a laptop search at Los Angeles International Airport. After this disappointing decision, Congress needs to act. Link...