SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A voter-backed California law requiring background checks for people who buy bullets is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a blow to the state’s efforts to combat gun violence.

A divided federal appeals court on Thursday said California's first-of-its-kind law requiring firearm owners to undergo background checks to buy ammunition is unconstitutional, violating the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

The news outlet wanted the court to overturn a three-judge panel's June 6 ruling not to let AP back into the events until merits of the news organization's lawsuit against Trump was decided. But the court on Tuesday declined to hear that appeal.

A state appeals court says Dallas still can't enforce City Council-approved restrictions on where short-term rental properties listed on Airbnb, Vrbo

Former Trump attorney Emil Bove's appeals court nomination moved forward Tuesday, despite Democratic concerns and one Republican breaking ranks in the Senate vote.