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Judicial Watch Sues San Francisco Over Guaranteed Income Program for Transgenders

January 31, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 31, 2024 2:31 am

Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against San Francisco on Tuesday, suing the city over their Guaranteed Income for Trans People (GIFT) program because of discrimination. The GIFT program dates back to November 2022. That month, San Francisco Mayor London Breed...

UC Berkeley Apologizes to Liberal Pro-Israel Oakland City Councilman

December 31, 2023 10:30 amDecember 31, 2023 2:13 pm

The University of California at Berkeley has apologized to a liberal Oakland City Councilman whose appearance at the school was canceled when woke students complained to their professor that he is pro-Israel. The apology from the University is a welcome...

UC Berkeley Sued Over Anti-Semitism On Campus

November 29, 2023 12:37 pm

The University of California, Berkeley was sued by the Jewish human rights groups Brandeis Center and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education on Tuesday over longstanding ‘inaction’ of discrimination against Jewish students on campus, becoming the second case of it’s...

Alameda County Clings to Discriminatory Legacy for Government Contracts

October 26, 2023 3:58 pmOctober 26, 2023 3:58 pm

Frederick Douglass, the American abolitionist and freedom fighter, fought tirelessly for equality under the law. In an 1857 speech condemning the Supreme Court’s thoroughly racist and ahistorical Dred Scott decision, he called for an America that keeps the promise stated...

U.S. Supreme Court on a Hot Streak

July 4, 2023 6:24 amJuly 4, 2023 6:38 am

Trigger Alert: For those of you who feel that the American judicial system—the U.S. Supreme Court in particular, is there to reflect prevailing public sentiment, create law to support your world view, and/or take your feelings into account, this...

Alameda County Sued Over Racial Preferences in Awarding Governmental Contracts

July 25, 2022 4:17 pmJuly 26, 2022 7:39 am

The Californians for Equal Rights Foundation (CFER), along with co-plaintiffs represented by Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), filed a lawsuit against Alameda County on Monday, challenging two public contracting programs that impose race-based preferences for minority-owned companies. For decades, the U.S....

LA Superior Court Judge Rules Against California Gender-Based Corporate Board Quota Law

May 16, 2022 4:04 pm

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis ruled late last week that a California law that required a minimum number of women to be on corporate boards in California was unconstitutional, as it violated the right o equal treatment. The...