Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 8—Hawaii's 30-year ban on butterfly knives was overturned Monday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals when the ...

The Second Amendment is arguably the most interesting area of American constitutional law right now. Courts and judges have already spent more than two centuries defining the scope of what counts as ...

A conservative panel of federal judges ruled Monday that a 30-year ban on butterfly knives in Hawaii is unconstitutional under the U.S. Supreme Court’s new “history and tradition” standard for ...

(CN) — Butterfly knives are protected under the Second Amendment right to bear arms, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Monday, overturning Hawaii’s 30-year ban on the weapon. The conservative panel cited ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that Hawaii's ban on "butterfly knives" violates the Second Amendment, finding the pocketknife-esque blade falls under the definition of "arms.

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So the Ninth Circuit held today (Teter v. Lopez), in an opinion by Judge Carlos Bea, joined by Judges Daniel Collins and Kenneth Lee. The butterfly knife, also known as the "balisong," has a disputed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The federal judges' ruling, which may be appealed, has implications beyond Hawaii, including in California and other states that ...