Justice Department – California Globe

‘Time is Up for California’ – DOJ Sues to Block California Ballot-Counting As State Officials Refuse to Sequester Noncitizen Ballots

October 15, 2026 2:53 pmOctober 15, 2026 3:11 pm

The United States Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit against California Thursday October 15, 2026, seeking an order to sequester, and not tabulate, vote-by-mail ballots from roughly 20,000 people the federal government identifies as “likely noncitizens. This follows Oct....

US DOJ Gives California 48-Hours to Review/Address List of Noncitizens Who Received Ballots

October 14, 2026 1:57 pmOctober 14, 2026 5:59 pm

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday gave California officials 48 hours to review a list of alleged noncitizen voters or face ‌legal action, according to two letters reviewed by Reuters, part of an unprecedented effort to find evidence of voter...

Why Injunctions Matter: Lessons From the Samsung-Collision Case

October 5, 2026 8:00 amOctober 5, 2026 9:06 am

What is the right to exclude worth if, after a patent owner proves infringement, the infringer can keep using the invention through years of follow on litigation? That question is becoming increasingly important to American startups and research companies. These...

AI Kill-Switch Folly

September 20, 2026 11:51 amSeptember 20, 2026 11:52 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest folly, ordering a kill switch on AI, does not require OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, or anyone else to build a working emergency off button. It instead tells California agencies to hurry two bills that were already...

Nevada SOS Aguilar Under Investigation, DOJ Issues Subpoenas and Records-Preservation Order

September 10, 2026 12:23 pmSeptember 10, 2026 12:25 pm

The Justice Department has issued seven voter-related subpoenas to Nevada Secretary of State Francisco “Cisco” Aguilar over the last three months and followed them with a litigation-hold letter telling him he is under investigation while demanding that his office preserve...

DOT Emergency Order Hits 11 California Trucking Schools After Schools Certified Drivers Who Couldn’t Speak English

August 31, 2026 1:17 pmAugust 31, 2026 5:15 pm

The Department of Transportation confirmed Monday that it used an emergency order to shut down more than 110 trucker schools nationwide for allegedly fraudulently certifying drivers who later failed English-language proficiency tests—and California landed near the top of the list. ...

DOJ Sues Arizona Over Voter-Approved In-State Tuition For Illegal Immigrants

August 29, 2026 2:08 pmAugust 29, 2026 2:08 pm

The Trump administration sued the State of Arizona and the Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday, asking a federal judge to strike down the state’s voter-approved law allowing students without lawful immigration status to qualify for in-state tuition and state-funded...