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California’s Open-Carry Gun Ban Struck Down by Ninth Circuit

January 3, 2026 5:14 pmJanuary 3, 2026 5:14 pm

California lawmakers and governor Newsom were once again smacked down, this time by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found that the state’s open-carry ban violates the Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms.” This isn’t the first...

Scope of Civil Discovery

January 3, 2026 4:37 pmJanuary 3, 2026 4:37 pm

Part 4, Title 4, Chapter 2 deals with the scope of discovery under the Civil Discovery Act. Article 1 provides general provisions. Section 2017.010 allows any party to obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the...

Affidavits in California

January 3, 2026 5:00 amJanuary 3, 2026 5:01 am

Part 4, Title 3, Chapter 3, Article 2 deals with affidavits and the manner of production of evidence in this state. Section 2009 provides that an affidavit may be used to verify a pleading or a paper in a special...

Statewide Child Support Registry

January 2, 2026 2:00 pmJanuary 2, 2026 2:01 pm

Division 17, Chapter 1, Article 4 deals with the Statewide Registry for Child Support under the Department of Child Support Services. Section 17390 contains a legislative finding and declaration that there is no single statewide database containing statistical data regarding...

DOJ Halts California’s Unconstitutional Mask Ban on ICE Agents

January 2, 2026 11:48 amJanuary 5, 2026 8:00 am

The U.S. Department of Justice has successfully paused enforcement of California’s controversial “No Secret Police Act” (SB 627), a law championed by State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) that sought to prohibit law enforcement officers—including federal ICE agents—from wearing face...

Sable Pipeline Gets Go-Ahead to Restart California Pipeline

January 2, 2026 7:36 amJanuary 2, 2026 7:46 am

The Federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration just gave Sable Offshore Corp. a Christmas present: Sable can begin pumping oil from its three platforms off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., after a federal appeals court allowed the restart...

The Steep Price of Tolerance

January 2, 2026 4:30 amJanuary 2, 2026 4:31 am

I truly feel sorry that Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered in cold blood by their own son. It doesn’t matter to me that I did not agree with Reiner’s politics. Besides being a severe drug addict, Reiner’s son...