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Supreme Court’s School Choice Decision Opens the Floodgates, but Some States Ignore

July 9, 2022 11:02 amJuly 10, 2022 8:37 am

California’s public schools were once the envy of the nation. Today, California’s public schools not only rank at the bottom of the entire country, the state spends approximately $22,000 per year for each child in the public school system to...

Pro 2A Groups File Lawsuit to Stop Gov. Newsom’s Attempt to Destroy Youth Shooting Sports

July 8, 2022 1:44 pmJuly 8, 2022 3:35 pm

Several pro-gun groups filed a lawsuit Friday to stop Gov. Newsom’s attempt to put an end to youth shooting and shooting sports. AB 2571 authored by Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), and sponsored by Governor Gavin Newsom, and passed entirely along party...

San Francisco District Court Dismisses Trump Twitter Lawsuit

May 7, 2022 2:21 amMay 7, 2022 7:32 am

Judge James Donato of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California ruled on Friday to reject former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Twitter for suspending him last year. The case dates back to January 2021, where, following...

CA Appeals Court Rules San Francisco Cannot Ban Tenderloin Drug Dealers

May 4, 2022 2:18 amMay 4, 2022 9:02 am

A California First District Court of Appeal decision released on Monday ruled that a ban against four drug dealers from a 50-block area of the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods is illegal, upholding earlier rulings on the matter. The...

Is Voting Secret in California?

January 15, 2022 5:52 pmJanuary 15, 2022 5:56 pm

California’s Constitution, in Article II, Section 7, requires that voting be secret. What does that mean? This constitutional requirement is also captured in the Voter Bill of Rights, which is found in Government Code Section 2300. The Voter Bill of...

School Choice Wins in U.S. Supreme Court Could Impact California Efforts

December 15, 2021 2:25 pmApril 3, 2022 8:38 am

Two headline-making U.S. Supreme Court cases are setting important precedents for school choice efforts across the country. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. Last summer, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Montana...

Grace Community Church Wins Against Gov. Newsom’s Attacks on Religious Liberty

September 2, 2021 4:29 pmSeptember 2, 2021 4:30 pm

“The Cross Culture Christian Center in Lodi and Cornerstone Church in Fresno just won large lawsuits against Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose statewide COVID shutdown orders included churches,” the Globe reported Wednesday. And they aren’t the only two big wins for religious freedom....