First Amendment rights – California Globe

Capistrano Unified School District Principal Can Be Sued for Violating Student’s Free Speech

April 1, 2026 5:00 amApril 1, 2026 5:01 am

The Capistrano Unified School District principal who punished a first grader for writing “all lives” on a Black Lives Matter drawing can be sued for violating the student’s free speech rights, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth...

California Rifle & Pistol Association Clarifies Law-Abiding Citizens Who Legally Carry to Protect Themselves are Not the Problem

February 4, 2026 1:21 pmFebruary 4, 2026 4:49 pm

The California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) has long championed the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms, including the right to carry in public for self-defense. Our advocacy has helped secure victories ensuring that all states...

Female Athletes who Sued Riverside Unified Scored Big Title IX Victory

October 8, 2025 9:00 amOctober 8, 2025 9:01 am

Female athletes who sued the Riverside Unified School District over the boy given special preferences to play on their girls team scored a big victory last week when a federal judge ruled that their lawsuit for Title IX violations can...

Encinitas Union School District Pushing Transgenderism on Students

May 21, 2025 6:46 amMay 21, 2025 6:46 am

Free speech is trumping coercive transgender orthodoxy in at least one California school district. The Encinitas Union School District in San Diego County was trying to force two fifth graders to take part in a class that glorified transgenderism with...

California Community Colleges System Quietly Disavowed Tyrannical Diversity Dictates After Lawsuit

April 9, 2025 2:48 pmApril 9, 2025 2:49 pm

The cult of diversity is crumbling all over California. Last month, the University of California announced with much fanfare that it would no longer require diversity statements for faculty hires. And in a little noticed move, the California Community Colleges...

Federal Judge Safeguards Teachers Right to Say ‘No’ to California’s Gender Secrecy Policy

February 2, 2025 9:53 amFebruary 3, 2025 9:17 am

Separating parents from their kids is a pernicious–really unnatural–proposition. But that is what California state policy requiring schools to keep secret from parents kids’ gender transitions effectuates. Now, that policy has suffered a serious setback with a federal judge’s sweeping...

Capistrano School District Accused of Trampling First Amendment Rights of Student

January 23, 2025 9:27 amJanuary 23, 2025 9:28 am

Woke school officials are notorious for stamping out racism where none exists. Last year, San Diego school district officials got sued for punishing a student for supposedly wearing blackface at a football game when it was really just face paint....