The appellate ruling on Friday leaned heavily on a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision on a New York state gun law.

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The redistricting fight sparked by Texas’s efforts to redraw its congressional map earlier this year spread like wildfire ...

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California lawmakers approved dozens of new laws in 2025 addressing housing development, wildfire prevention, labor ...