United States Supreme Court Archives

Voters Amended California’s Constitution on Personal Rights

December 28, 2022 3:36 pmDecember 28, 2022 4:03 pm

California’s voters passed Proposition 1 on the November 2022 General Election ballot. Prop. 1 was placed on the statewide ballot by Senate Constitutional Amendment 10 by Sen. Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), which was Resolution Chapter 97, Statutes of 2022, concerning reproductive...

Proposition 1: California’s Abortion Measure is Illogical and Intentionally Vague

October 14, 2022 4:43 pmOctober 14, 2022 8:58 pm

Even though the United States Supreme Court just overturned Roe v. Wade and made it a state’s decision, abortion is safe in California. However, Proposition 1, California’s Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom. Legislative Constitutional Amendment is so vague and hard to understand...

Some Interesting Provisions in the Firearms Private Right of Action Bill

July 26, 2022 6:28 amJuly 26, 2022 6:45 am

In reviewing the bills acted upon so far this Session by Governor Newsom (about 150 bills as of July 25), there are some unique “plus” sections contained in the recently-enacted SB 1327 (Hertzberg), that would enact a private right of...

Supreme Court Deals Blow to U.S. Climate Agenda with EPA Decision

June 30, 2022 8:40 amJuly 1, 2022 6:32 am

The Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to set standards on climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions for existing power plants. The court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA says that government doesn’t have the power to...

US Supreme Court Rules Federal Law Protects Signed Arbitration Agreements With Employers in CA

June 16, 2022 2:50 amJune 16, 2022 10:07 am

In an 8-1 ruling on Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA), which allows workers in the state to sue employers under the states name, does not allow employees to...

Gov. Newsom and Democrats Fast-Track New Gun Control Bills

June 15, 2022 11:44 amJune 17, 2022 6:43 am

“Before parents had even identified their dead children after Tuesday’s horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, California Gov. Gavin Newsom Tweeted about gun violence and crowed that California’s gun control laws work, implying there would be more to come,” the...

Just the Truth About Gun Control, Guns and Crime Control

June 10, 2022 2:30 amJune 15, 2022 11:25 am

The U.S. House passed an exhaustive gun control bill Wednesday in response to the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 children and two adults dead. The House bill aims to raise the minimum age to purchase an...