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Guidance on California Legislative Drafting

October 31, 2026 2:30 amOctober 31, 2026 2:31 am

My general guidance on California legislative drafting is a meticulous blend of strict legal frameworks, statutory interpretation, and practical language rules aimed at achieving uniformity, clarity, simplicity, and understandability. Because California is one of the few states that does not...

BREAKING: DOJ Refers Arizona Non-Citizen Voter Registration Allegations To FBI After Undercover Report Names Three Groups

October 30, 2026 4:25 pmOctober 30, 2026 4:39 pm

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona has opened a case into allegations that three nonprofit organizations registered noncitizens to vote and referred the matter to the FBI, following the publication of an undercover report alleging improper voter...

Fifth Alien Charged with Illegal Voting in Nevada: ‘Catastrophic Failure to Protect The Ballot Box’

October 30, 2026 4:03 pmOctober 30, 2026 4:03 pm

Federal prosecutors in Nevada announced charges today against a fifth alien for illegally voting in a federal election, the latest case in a Justice Department push that has produced multiple similar prosecutions in the state in recent days while Democratic-led...

Gavin’s Guidance

October 30, 2026 2:30 pmOctober 30, 2026 2:34 pm

Termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom isn’t on the November 3 ballot, but as the election approached the governor let slip helpful advice for voters and candidates coast to coast. As Californians will remember, during the Covid pandemic, police arrested a solitary...

Family Allowances

October 30, 2026 2:00 pmOctober 30, 2026 2:01 pm

Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 6 of the Probate Code deals with family allowances under wills and intestate succession. Section 6540 provides that the specified individuals are entitled to a reasonable family allowance out of the estate as...

Disadvantages Between California and Parliamentary Governments

October 30, 2026 10:40 amOctober 30, 2026 10:40 am

What are some of the disadvantages between California’s government structure and parliamentary governments? There are several structural limitations of California’s presidential-style separation of powers and direct democracy system with the characteristics of European parliamentary governments. When looking at these two...

Differences Between California and the European Union

October 30, 2026 10:27 amOctober 30, 2026 10:34 am

We examined some of the differences between California and the European Union (EU). To begin, of course, California is a subnational state within a federal republic (the United States), while the European Union (EU) is a supranational and hybrid union...