First Circuit Court of Appeals rejects Trump administration’s request to stop full SNAP benefit payments

The three-judge panel of the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, Massachusetts, ruled against the Trump administration regarding the distribution of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...
Courthouse News Service

First Circuit wonders if a waiting period to buy guns is constitutional

BOSTON (CN) — Maine’s 72-hour waiting period for purchasing a gun violates the Second Amendment, a group of impatient firearm buyers and sellers told the First Circuit Monday — but after an hour of ...
Courthouse News Service

First Circuit grapples with gun ban for nonviolent felons

BOSTON (CN) — A man convicted of felony meth possession told the First Circuit Thursday that a federal law that prohibits him from owning a gun violates the Second Amendment, and the court struggled ...
The National Law Review

Federal Courts In The First Circuit Continue To Grapple With Privacy Class Action Claims

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Reason

First Circuit Rules Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order is Unconstitutional

Yesterday, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a decision that Donald Trump's executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and non-citizens ...
Reason

Forum Shopping in the First Circuit

Those seeking to file legal challenges against the Trump Administration's avalanche of executive actions have largely sought friendly fora in which to bring their claims. Increasingly, this appears to ...