The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a victory on Thursday by backing the federal government's authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem U.S.-Mexico border crossings too overburdened to handle additional claims.

Hawaii cannot require gun owners to get permission to carry on private property, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, finding the state’s so-called “vampire rule” violated the Second Amendment. In a 6-3 opinion, the high court held the state law burdens the ability to carry a firearm for self-defense by prohibiting firearms on private property without the express and affirmative consent of the property owner.

Realtors representing the sellers of a home in San Marino did not breach a duty to the buyers to reveal that city ordinances barred parking on the street between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. and forbade leaving a vehicle in the driveway for 48 straight hours, Div. Four of this district’s Court of Appeal has held.

The Fifth District Court of Appeal held yesterday that a trial judge rightly denied a motion seeking the disqualification of a firm that had hired an attorney who had represented an opposing party in ongoing litigation, declaring that the prompt termination of the associate was sufficient to avoid a conflict where substantial evidence supported a finding that the lawyer had not shared any confidential information.