“California ban on open carry of firearms ruled unconstitutional by appeals court”: Clara Harter and Deborah Netburn of The Los Angeles Times have this report.

Aidin Vaziri of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Federal appeals court strikes down California open-carry gun ban.”

Laurel Rosenhall of The New York Times reports that “Federal Appeals Court Says California Open-Carry Ban Is Unconstitutional; A Ninth Circuit panel said the ban ran afoul of a 2022 Supreme Court ruling that required courts to evaluate gun laws based on the country’s ‘historical tradition of firearm regulation.’”

And Edvard Pettersson of Courthouse News Service reports that “Ninth Circuit strikes down California urban open-carry ban; In a split decision, the appellate panel said a state law that criminalizes openly carrying a firearm in counties with a population of more than 200,000 is unconstitutional.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“The Right-Wing Justices Know Their Favorite Legal Theory Is Bunk; Now that the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc is putting the unitary executive theory to the test, its cracks are beginning to show—and its proponents are flailing”: Simon Lazarus has this essay online at The New Republic.

“The Supreme Court has delayed direct conflict with Trump, but history suggests that will soon change; The court, with its conservative majority, pushed decisions on contentious issues like birthright citizenship and President Trump’s tariffs into 2026”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.