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Comparing State and Federal Judiciaries

May 20, 2019 6:18 amMay 20, 2019 6:25 am

There are both federal and state judicial branches and separate court systems at both levels of government. The federal courts are established in Article III of the United States Constitution, while the state courts are established in Article VI of...

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President Trump Lands Another Judge on 9th Circuit Over CA Senators Objections

May 17, 2019 7:43 amMay 17, 2019 11:19 am

The United States Senate on Wednesday confirmed another judge to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Senators confirmed Kenneth Lee’s nomination on a party-line 52-45 vote, giving President Trump his 40th circuit judge since taking office. Kenneth Kiyul Lee, 43,...

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Gun Owners of CA Joins First Major 2nd Amendment SCOTUS Case In Ten Years

May 17, 2019 2:05 amMay 17, 2019 6:37 am

As several new gun control bills passed out of the California Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday, I spoke with Sam Paredes, Executive Director of Gun Owners of California. “It was an ugly day,” Paredes said. However, Gun Owners of California may...

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Kamala Harris Says She Would Use Executive Action to Take Gun Dealers’ Licenses Away

May 12, 2019 10:55 amMay 13, 2019 9:05 am

“Upon being elected, I will give the United States Congress a hundred days to get their act together and have the courage to pass reasonable gun safety laws,” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said in April on CNN. “And if they fail...

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California Politicos, Hollywood, Lawyers, Contribute to Kamala Harris

April 29, 2019 12:54 pmApril 30, 2019 12:14 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has raised $13.2 million from more than 218,000 individual contributions in the first quarter of 2019. Of those, 7,278 were California donors. Harris is known for her digital following, as well as small-donor fund-raising operations....

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California Lawmakers React to Poway Synagogue Shooting

April 28, 2019 5:29 pmApril 29, 2019 12:55 pm

A shooting occurred Saturday at Congregation Chabad in Poway, California, 20 miles north of San Diego, in which we now know one women was killed as she jumped in front of the rabbi, saving his life. The rabbi was injured...

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Moving Fuel Safely is Key to America’s Energy Boom

April 13, 2019 2:06 amApril 15, 2019 6:57 am

Leftwing groups claiming to act to protect the environment (radical environmentalists) are mounting a fierce attack against the one piece of critical infrastructure most necessary to continue our energy boom of recent years: pipelines. By far the safest means of...