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Sacramento DA Files Brief as SCOTUS Justices Take up Homeless Camping Ban Case

January 14, 2024 12:44 pmJanuary 14, 2024 12:44 pm

The United States Supreme Court announced on Friday they’ve accepted a case to decide whether Grants Pass, a city in Oregon, can enforce its ban on homeless public camping. Sacramento’s District Attorney Thien Ho has been a pioneer on homeless...

California’s Concealed Gun Carry Laws Put On Hold (AGAIN)

January 12, 2024 7:10 amJanuary 12, 2024 4:56 pm

In what could best be described as a game of Judicial Ping Pong, two judges on a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Panel have blocked a California Law known as SB 2, which was signed into existence by Governor Gavin...

The Velvet Fascism of ‘Protect our Democracy’

December 20, 2023 3:51 pmDecember 20, 2023 3:51 pm

Deciding that a person who has not been charged with, let alone convicted of, insurrection is guilty of insurrection and therefore cannot run for president…that is “protecting our democracy” in action, Whenever that term is used, one can be assured...

LA County Parents’ Free Speech Win Has National import

October 3, 2023 8:30 pmOctober 3, 2023 8:38 pm

In a major win for the basic American right of freedom of speech that could have national implications, a Los Angeles County Judge has ruled a civil trial against County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer’s draconian and censorious health department...

Interesting Provisions in New California Gun Control Laws

September 27, 2023 2:34 pmSeptember 27, 2023 2:34 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom this week signed more than twenty bills to enact a series of gun control statutes in California. From my “legislative geek” perspective, there are two interesting provisions contained in the two main bills: SB 2 and AB...

Government Unions Show Membership Drop

July 6, 2023 6:30 amJuly 6, 2023 6:30 am

It seems that, now that they have been given the option, nearly one-third of California government workers have opted out of union membership. It could be wondered if that is the same one-third that does all the work, but that...

U.S. Supreme Court on a Hot Streak

July 4, 2023 6:24 amJuly 4, 2023 6:38 am

Trigger Alert: For those of you who feel that the American judicial system—the U.S. Supreme Court in particular, is there to reflect prevailing public sentiment, create law to support your world view, and/or take your feelings into account, this...