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U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down Texas Lawsuit Against California Travel Ban

April 26, 2021 10:31 am

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Texas’ case against California’s ban on state-funded businesses trips to Texas and several others states due to LGBT discrimination laws on Monday. In 2019, California instituted taxpayer-funded travel bans to Texas and 10 other states...

Los Angeles County Reverses Ban on Indoor Religious Services

December 21, 2020 5:06 pm

Over the weekend, Los Angeles County reversed their ban on indoor religious services, allowing churches and other houses of worship to open up in time for Christmas and other seasonal holidays. Since the summer, houses of worship, led by the...

Religious Freedom: U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Appeals Court Ruling on California Church Closures

December 3, 2020 11:39 amDecember 3, 2020 4:54 pm

It was recently reported that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan ordered California Gov. Gavin Newsom to respond to an emergency petition filed by Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry, which requests an injunction pending appeal in their federal...

Latest DACA Changes To Be Challenged By California, AG Becerra In Court

August 18, 2020 5:38 pm

On Tuesday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that California will be filing suit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the United States over the latest changes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. New changes...

Texas Sues California Over Banning of Nonessential State-Funded Travel to 11 States

February 11, 2020 3:15 pmFebruary 12, 2020 8:16 am

On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ted Paxton filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court, suing the state of California over their state travel ban to 11 states. The California travel ban Between 2016 and 2018, California banned travel to...

Separation of Powers Doctrine in California

November 22, 2019 8:18 amNovember 22, 2019 8:21 am

Separation of powers – what is it and what does it mean? Essentially, the powers of government are provided to separate branches of government to operate. These powers are set forth in the California Constitution and are granted to the...

California’s Judicial Branch of Government

March 11, 2019 6:33 amMarch 11, 2019 6:35 am

Overview Just like the federal government, California has three branches of government: legislative, executive and judicial. Article VI of the state constitution provides for the judicial branch of government. As we learned in our high school civics course, the judicial...