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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proposal to Allow Private Citizens Sue Gun Manufacturers Violates Federal Law

December 13, 2021 2:39 amDecember 14, 2021 6:20 am

In June 2021, the Globe reported that District Judge Roger T. Benitez threw out California’s 32-year ban on assault weapons, while also clarifying the deliberate and incorrect use of the label “assault weapon.” In the case of the AR-15, “AR”...

United States Supreme Court to Consider Intervening in San Diego Schools’ COVID Vaccination Mandate

December 11, 2021 8:12 amDecember 12, 2021 2:26 pm

The family of a Scripps Ranch High School student athlete is suing the San Diego Unified School District for religious discrimination over the districts’ strictest-in-the-nation COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Thomas More Society attorneys filed suit against the school district and its...

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear California Transgender Rights Case

November 8, 2021 7:21 amNovember 8, 2021 7:39 am

The United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case from a California transgender man seeking to have a hysterectomy at Sacramento’s Mercy San Juan Medical Center. Mercy San Juan Medical Center declined to allow the procedure to be performed...

New SCOTUS Petitions Claim Public Employees’ First Amendment Rights Violated by Unions

November 1, 2021 10:59 amNovember 2, 2021 12:15 pm

Last week, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys, in partnership with attorneys from the Freedom Foundation, filed petitions asking the United States Supreme Court to hear several cases from public employees in California, Oregon, and Alaska government employment....

SCOTUS Decision a Victory for Property Owners

June 24, 2021 8:19 am

The United States Supreme Court just affirmed Wednesday that the government cannot force people to allow third parties to trespass on their property. In Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, the Pacific Legal Foundation represented two California agriculture businesses which challenged a...

Appellate Court Rules in Favor of CalSavers Retirement Program

May 7, 2021 3:45 pmMay 10, 2021 8:32 am

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that CalSavers, an automatic retirement savings fund for those not offered a 401(k) or pension in California, would not be shut down. CalSavers was created by the state in 2017 as...

SCOTUS Decision in State-Ordered Church Bans is Good News and Not Good News

February 10, 2021 2:11 amFebruary 11, 2021 9:38 am

The South Bay United Pentecostal Church vs. Newsom case, which challenged California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on all indoor worship services, under the auspices of protecting people from catching or spreading the coronavirus, was just decided on Friday. As attorneys...