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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Newsom Responds to U.S. Court Blocking Ammo Background Check Law: ‘A Slap in the Face'
Newsom Responds to U.S. Court Blocking Ammo Background Check Law: 'A Slap in the Face' originally appeared on L.A. Mag. A state law meant to tackle rampant gun violence in California has been reversed following a decision made by the Appeals Court yesterday, which ruled the law a violation of the Second Newsom issued a statement following the new ruling, saying: 'Strong gun laws save lives — and [yesterday's] decision is a slap in the face to the progress California has made in recent years to keep its communities safer from gun violence. Californians voted to require background checks on ammunition and their voices should matter.'The former law, although passed by voters in 2016, has been in limbo for about seven years through state and federal courts. The fight to appear on the state ballot began in 2015, after the mass shooting in San Bernardino, which killed 14 people at a holiday party. Newsom headed the ballot initiative, in his then role as lieutenant governor, saying it was an answer to minimizing gun violence in California. Newsom secured the votes, mandating a background check for all ammunition purchases, similar to the background check needed to purchase a handgun. This would flag any attempted consumer with a criminal record, any prior restraining order or dangerous mental in January 2024, a district court ruled the law unconstitutional — after previous halting and reinstating — forcing the state of California to appeal. The Ninth Circuit panel struck down the law yesterday, in a 2-1 decision. 'By subjecting Californians to background checks for all ammunition purchases, California's ammunition background check regime infringes on the fundamental right to keep and bear arms,' Judge Sandra S. Ikuta wrote in a statement for the two-judge majority decision, obtained by The New York background checks do receive overwhelming bipartisan support, typically ranging from 85 to 90 percent, according to the press announcement from Newsom's office. The report even cited a 2023 poll from Fox News, whom Newsom is actively suing for defamation, showing 87 percent of Americans supporting criminal background checks for anyone purchasing a firearm. The voters approved the law in 2016 with a 63 to 36 percent margin. This story was originally reported by L.A. Mag on Jul 25, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
A voter targeted by Judge Griffin in 2024 NC Supreme Court race testifies before Congress
Mary Kay Heling of Raleigh testifies before Congress about ending up on NC Judge Jefferson Griffin's list of people whose votes he wanted discounted despite the fact that she had supplied all required registration information and showed her license to vote. (Photo: Screenshot from video) GOP Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin's attempt to throw out more than 60,000 votes to win a Supreme Court seat landed in the national spotlight on Tuesday, this time through congressional testimony from one of the people he targeted. Mary Kay Heling, a Raleigh resident, told the Committee on House Administration that she ended up on Griffin's list last year even though she had voted without problems in primaries and general elections since 2016. The committee hearing was focused on maintaining accurate voter rolls. While Republicans said states could get away with not doing much to ensure only qualified voters were on their lists, Democrats warned that legal voters were being caught in Republican purges. Part of Griffin's challenge was based on the claim that voters failed to provide a partial Social Security number or driver's license number on their voter registration forms. Heling said she provided the last four digits of her Social Security number on the registration form and presented her driver's license at polling places when state law required voter ID. 'Never once did I doubt my vote was valid,' she said. After the November election, she received a postcard from the state GOP saying her vote might be challenged. She scanned the QR code on the postcard and spent more than an hour searching unsuccessfully for her name among thousands of others. It was later, searching a more user-friendly database, that she found she was on Griffin's list. She went to the Wake Board of Elections office to identify and correct any problem. 'It took work and persistence,'' she said. 'It was frustrating and time consuming.' Though state appellate courts ruled in favor of elements of Griffin's lawsuits, a federal judge ended Griffin's attempt to overturn Democratic Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs' victory. Griffin's election lawsuit mirrored a Republican National Committee and state GOP lawsuit that sought to have more than 225,000 voters purged from the rolls before last year's election, claiming the missing numbers meant those voters were not legally registered. The House committee also heard testimony about maintaining accurate voter lists from two conservative group representatives, J. Christian Adams, president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, and Justin Riemer, president and CEO at Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections. They said the National Voter Registration Act's standards for voter roll maintenance are too low. Riemer encouraged the committee to eliminate or modify the 90-day 'blackout period' found in federal law that prohibits the systematic removal of voters from the rolls 90 days before a primary or federal general election. Relying on U.S. Postal Service change of address information is insufficient, he said, because it fails to capture everyone who has moved. Federal law should require states to exchange registration information with one another, he added. 'This is wholly inadequate given the multitude of data sources available to election officials today,' he said. A nonprofit organization called ERIC was established to help states maintain voter registration files. It offers members reports on people who have moved within state, out of state, and identifies duplicate voter registrations. Conservatives, however, grew suspicious of ERIC and Republican-run states pulled out of the group. North Carolina passed a law prohibiting membership. NPR reported that the far-right website Gateway Pundit started the Republican rush to leave ERIC. Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil of Wisconsin, the committee's chairman, said voter list maintenance is crucial to election integrity. 'Inaccurate voter rolls could open the door to election fraud,' he said. 'It can hinder public confidence in our elections.' States can avoid properly maintaining their voter lists because federal standards are low, Steil said. Democrats on the committee used Heling's experience as an example of how difficult it is for voters to defend themselves when they are wrongfully targeted. Though Griffin's lawsuit failed, Democrats representing other states said registrations of legal voters had been erased in voter purges. It's voter purges that undermine confidence in elections, said U.S. Rep. Joe Morelle of New York, the committee's senior Democrat. 'The Trump administration's dangerous, false rhetoric' going back to the 2020 election erodes democracy and threatens the voting rights of all Americans, he said. He called Griffin's effort to cancel Heling's vote 'part of a concerted effort to concentrate partisan power.' Proper voter list maintenance is important to secure elections, he said. 'But systematic voter purges, often illegally conducted in the run-up to federal elections, pose a real threat to voters.' The U.S. Department of Justice sued the North Carolina Board of Elections over the missing numbers in the voter database. In consultation with the DOJ, the state Board of Elections developed a plan to collect the information. Last week, elections officials vowed that no voters would be removed from the rolls. People who have not supplied the numbers will be required to vote provisionally. If they don't put the information on the provisional ballot application, their votes in state races won't count. Republicans have taken the majority on the state Board of Elections and hired Republican Sam Hayes, former general counsel to GOP House Speaker Destin Hall, to run the state elections office. North Carolina U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy (R- 3rd District), a member of the committee, said the previous election board administration failed to address the problem of missing identification numbers. 'I'm happy to say now the legislature has taken control of the Board of Elections and turned it over to Republican control,' Murphy said. 'And now, the Republicans have begun the Registration Repair Project to ensure that all eligible voters have accurate, complete information on file.' Morelle referred to the lawsuit against North Carolina as an example of Trump's weaponization of the Justice Department that is putting 200,000 people at risk of not being able to vote. The Board of Elections is keeping an updated list of people who need to supply ID numbers. As of Tuesday evening, about 101,000 people were on it.
CNN
17-07-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans advance nomination of former Trump lawyer Emil Bove as Democrats walk out
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Emil Bove, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, to a federal judgeship, over the loud protests of Democrats. The vote — in which all 12 Republican committee members voted to affirm Bove's nomination — occurred as Sen. Cory Booker railed against committee chair Chuck Grassley and as every Democratic senator walked out. If he is ultimately confirmed by the Senate, Bove, a senior Justice Department official, will hold a lifetime appointment to the bench for the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals. This story is breaking and will be updated.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Avadel Pharmaceuticals Receives Unanimous Appeals Court Affirmation for LUMRYZ FDA Approval
Avadel Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVDL) is one of the most undervalued small-cap stocks to buy according to analysts. On June 30, Avadel Pharmaceuticals announced that the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Appeals Court) unanimously affirmed a previous decision by the US District Court for the District of Columbia (District Court). This ruling was in favor of the US FDA regarding its approval of LUMRYZ (sodium oxybate), which is a once-at-bedtime oxybate treatment for cataplexy or excessive daytime sleepiness/EDS in patients 7 years of age and older with narcolepsy. The lawsuit had been brought by Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:JAZZ). A biopharmaceutical research laboratory filled with scientists in white coats, discovering new drugs. The ruling confirms the FDA's finding, which the Appeals Court noted was undisputed, that LUMRYZ's once-at-bedtime dosing offers clinical superiority to all first-generation, immediate-release oxybates and represents a major contribution to patient care. Avadel Pharmaceuticals intends to continue advancing its commercial strategy to transform the sleep treatment paradigm for the narcolepsy community and increase the number of patients treated beyond the current thousands. Avadel Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVDL) is a biopharmaceutical company in the US. Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:JAZZ) identifies, develops, and commercializes pharmaceutical products in the US, Europe, and internationally. While we acknowledge the potential of AVDL as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the . READ NEXT: and . Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Gulf Insider
08-07-2025
- Automotive
- Gulf Insider
Bahrain: Court Orders Dealer To Repay BD6,800 After Car Sale Dispute
A car buyer has been cleared of liability after the High Civil Appeals Court found that the money paid for the vehicle had gone to the intermediary who arranged the deal, rather than to the seller. The court ordered the intermediary to repay BD5,700 to the seller, along with BD1,100 that had been transferred to his wife's bank account. He was also instructed to cover legal costs and the seller's lawyer's fees. The court confirmed that the sales contract was valid and that the car had not been misappropriated. According to lawyer Nehad Al Seraj, who represented the seller, her client had handed over the car to a trader to help find a buyer. The intermediary found someone willing to purchase the vehicle and a price ofBD 6,400 was agreed. The buyer paid the full amount to the intermediary and took possession of the car. However, the seller received nothing. The intermediary claimed he would provide a different car instead and asked the seller to transfer an additional BD1,100 to his wife's bank account. No replacement was delivered. After waiting in vain and receiving repeated excuses, the seller filed a complaint at the police station. During questioning, the intermediary admitted he had received the full amount from the buyer, including the BD1,100 transferred to his wife's account. The seller then filed a civil case against the buyer, the intermediary and the intermediary's wife, requesting cancellation of the sale and the return of all amounts paid. The lower court dismissed the case. The Appeals Court reviewed the police report, which confirmed the intermediary's confession.
