9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jan. 18, 2018
9th Circuit affirms dismissal of constitutional challenge to state prostitution ban
California's 145-year-old criminal ban on prostitution passes constitutional muster, a unanimous panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday, citing language used by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy in his landmark 2003 opinion finding state anti-sodomy laws violated the 14th Amendment.
California’s 145-year-old criminal ban on prostitution passes constitutional muster, a unanimous panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday, citing language used by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy in his landmark 2003 opinion finding state anti-sodomy laws violated the 14th Amendment.
In a decision written by a judge visiting from the United States Court of International Trade, a conservative-leaning...
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