Harmeet Dhillon – California Globe

UC Berkeley Law Hosts Convicted Terrorist on ‘Palestinian Political Prisoners Day’

April 24, 2026 7:26 amApril 24, 2026 11:39 am

UC Berkeley allowed a convicted Palestinian car bomber, released in the October 7, 2023, Hamas hostage deal, to address students via video from a Berkeley Law School classroom on Monday. The event, organized by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)...

DOJ Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into California’s Transgender Prison Housing Policy

March 27, 2026 12:43 pmMarch 27, 2026 12:45 pm

The U.S. Department of Justice has notified California that it is opening a formal civil rights investigation into the state’s Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act, the 2021 law (Senate Bill 132) that requires the California Department of Corrections and...

Trump DOJ Moves to End LAUSD’s Outdated Race-Based PHBAO Program

February 19, 2026 3:56 pmFebruary 19, 2026 3:59 pm

The Trump Justice Department has moved decisively to dismantle one of California’s most blatant examples of institutionalized racial discrimination in the second-largest school district in the country: the Los Angeles Unified School District’s PHBAO program. In a motion to intervene...

Arizona Rep Adelita Grijalva Defends MN Church Disruption as DOJ Weighs Possible FACE Act Violations

January 23, 2026 4:08 pmJanuary 23, 2026 4:17 pm

Arizona Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva is drawing national criticism after defending protesters who disrupted a Minnesota church service, an incident that has already resulted in federal arrests and a Justice Department review for potential violations of the Freedom of Access...

DOJ Files SCOTUS Brief Backing GOP Bid to Block Newsom’s Prop 50 ‘Power Grab’

January 22, 2026 5:50 pmJanuary 23, 2026 11:48 am

In a significant escalation of the legal battle over California’s controversial Proposition 50, the U.S. Department of Justice today filed a brief (see below) with the Supreme Court supporting Republican plaintiffs’ emergency request to enjoin the use of the new...

DOJ Sues Arizona Secretary of State for Refusing to Clean Voter Rolls

January 7, 2026 9:53 amJanuary 7, 2026 9:59 am

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed lawsuits on Monday against Arizona and Connecticut for failing to produce complete voter registration lists. This action, part of a sweeping campaign under the Trump administration, now brings the total to 23 Democrat-led...

Nevada Secretary of State Responds to DOJ Lawsuit, Cites Concerns Over Security of Private Data in Voter Rolls

December 15, 2025 8:50 amDecember 15, 2025 9:09 am

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit last Thursday against Nevada Secretary of State Francisco “Cisco” Aguilar in federal court accusing the swing state of violating two cornerstone election laws, the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and Help America...