9th Circuit Strikes Down California’s Ban on 10-Round Magazines (Constitution news round-up)

2A: California ban on hi-capacity magazines holding more than 10 rounds unconstitutional (9th Circuit panel)
https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/08/14/19-55376.pdf

1A: Trump appeals to Supreme Court to allow him to block users on Twitter
https://www.theepochtimes.com/president-trump-asks-supreme-court-to-let-him-block-users-on-twitter_3469615.html

6A: Scott Peterson death penalty overturned; dismissing jurors who disagree with the death penalty but say they could vote to impose it violated Peterson’s right to an impartial jury in the penalty phase
https://www.kcra.com/article/california-high-court-rejects-scott-petersons-death-penalty/33762455

1A: Project Veritas sues to vindicate rights of undercover journalists in Oregon; secret recording currently criminal in the state
https://thevirginiastar.com/2020/08/25/project-veritas-sues-oregon-calling-undercover-journalism-law-unconstitutional/

Amendment: activist nets cool $10M from Twitter CEO to push constitutional amendment to “prohibit racism”, i.e., attack freedom of the press, association, and speech
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/twitter-ceo-gifts-10-mil-bu-figure-promoting-anti-racism-constitutional-amendment-something

1A: 4th Circuit holds federal anti-riot act partially constitutional - OK to prohibit traveling or organizing for actual incitement, but not OK to prohibit speech that promotes or encourages violence in general
https://reason.com/2020/08/25/anti-riot-act-partly-upheld-partly-struck-down/#more-8081649
 
1A: San Diego stops enforcing 1918 ordinance prohibiting “seditious language” as process to repeal it begins; clearly unconstitutional under modern Brandenburg standards
https://reason.com/2020/08/19/san-diego-has-been-ticketing-people-for-seditious-language/

1A: 6th Circuit greenlights case of Cleveland EMT who was fired after posting comments about the shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice; matters of public concern are protected
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/20a0268p-06.pdf
 
1A: Ferguson grand juror loses First Amendment challenge to state’s grand jury secrecy law (8th Circuit)
https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/20/08/191436P.pdf
 
1A: chancellor of ‘Dear Old CU’ refuses to cancel visiting scholar law prof for writing op-ed questioning Kamala Harris natural born citizenship
https://reason.com/2020/08/25/university-of-colorado-does-the-right-thing/
 
1A Petition Clause: it’s unconstitutional to penalize nonfrivolous litigation
https://reason.com/2020/08/25/a-5764-small-claims-judgment-leads-to/

4A: 1st Circuit upholds affirms conviction for conspiracy to violate civil rights and use excessive force in deliberately injuring man arrested on DUI charge
http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/18-1994P-01A.pdf