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State Lawmakers Ignore Judicial Rulings, Ridicule Witnesses in Order to Fast-Track Controversial Campus Bill

April 11, 2019 12:15 pmApril 15, 2019 7:15 am

Campus sexual assault has been a focus of debate in recent years, with California passing its ground-breaking ‘Yes Means Yes’ affirmative consent law in 2015. But these policy changes have triggered a round of lawsuits by accused students, saying their...

Police Use of Force Bill is ‘Epitome of Second Guessing’ by Lawmakers

April 11, 2019 12:02 pmApril 15, 2019 7:20 am

Following the Sacramento police shooting last year of Stephon Clark, a bill to restrict the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers was passed out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee, but is unlikely to withstand legal scrutiny. Authored...

California AG Enforces Travel Ban to South Carolina, Turns Blind Eye to Gov’s Trip to El Salvador?

April 11, 2019 3:01 amApril 11, 2019 12:44 pm

The State of California bans state agency, department, board, commission and employee travel to 10 U.S. states with social policies lawmakers disagree with. Passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2017, AB 1887 states,...

LA DA Jackie Lacey Suddenly Struggling

April 10, 2019 11:15 amApril 11, 2019 6:38 am

Does Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey have a re-election problem on her hands? The county’s first African-American and woman to hold the office was first elected in 2012 and ran unopposed in 2016. But ahead of her 2020 re-election...

In Lieu of Character

April 10, 2019 7:29 amApril 11, 2019 6:38 am

Candace Owens of Turning Point USA testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, seeking to clear up Democrats’ stereotypes of African Americans. “The media and the journalists on the left are not interested in telling the truth about me,”...

California Lawyers Mandatory Re-Fingerprinting Turns Up 2,200 Criminal Records

April 10, 2019 3:35 amApril 10, 2019 7:30 am

California has many criminal lawyers, but not just of the criminal defense variety. A recently-enforced rule requiring active California attorneys to be re-fingerprinted found 2,200 practicing attorneys have criminal records, including 20 unreported felonies. On May 23, 2018, the Supreme...

Kamala Harris off to strong fundraising start

April 9, 2019 8:00 amApril 10, 2019 7:51 am

California Senator Kamala Harris announced last week that her presidential campaign raised $12 million for the first quarter of 2019. Presidential candidates are actually not required to file their quarterly fundraising reports with the Federal Election Committee until April 15....