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Frequently Asked Questions about Filling a California Constitutional Office Vacancy

January 19, 2024 2:45 amJanuary 19, 2024 2:46 am

Where in state law is the filling of a constitutional office vacancy? It is contained in the state Constitution, in Article V, Section 5, which provides for filling a vacancy in a constitutional office. What are the nine constitutional offices...

Gascon in Crosshairs at DA Debate

January 19, 2024 2:35 amJanuary 19, 2024 2:36 am

There were ten candidates on the stage at the Los Angeles Magazine-sponsored Los Angeles County District Attorney’s race debate – eight of them roundly criticized current DA George Gascon – two, including Gascon himself, did not. In trying to defend...

Flawed Delta Tunnels Project Takes Big Financial and Legal Hit

January 18, 2024 10:44 amJanuary 18, 2024 10:54 am

The controversial Delta Conveyance Project, which would install a massive tunnel to move water under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, took a major financial and legal hit this week, after a Sacramento County judge ruled California can’t issue bonds to...

Ringside: The Klamath Basin ‘Restoration’ is at What Cost?

January 18, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 18, 2024 2:31 am

If you scan news reports and search results for Klamath Dams removal, the news is universally upbeat. “The river will run free again.” “A step towards justice.” “Largest river restoration project in American history!” But as waters now drain out...

Deference Deterrence: Will U.S. Supreme Court Let the Bureaucrats Keep Running Wild?

January 17, 2024 5:03 pmJanuary 17, 2024 9:06 pm

There is a legal thing called “Chevron deference” and it has encouraged the massive growth of the power and scope of the bureaucratic state over the past 40 years. Named after a 1984 legal case, the doctrine holds (in a...

Julie Su Sued Over Freelancer Rule

January 17, 2024 3:34 pmJanuary 17, 2024 5:04 pm

The new federal rule Julie Su’s Department of Labor issued last week regarding freelance workers now has its first direct legal challenge, with the Pacific Legal Foundation yesterday filing a suit calling the new rule arbitrary, capricious, and, in fact,...

EdSource Article Promoting Racial Preferences Cheapens Higher Ed

January 17, 2024 3:16 pm

A rational person would reason that in the aftermath of the Harvard University Claudine Gay antisemitism, diversity-hire catastrophe, and plagiarism scandal, the only important diversity is that of thought. Merit, rather than skin color is supposed to be the hiring...