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Are Canons of Statutory Construction Relied Upon Unnecessarily?

November 11, 2026 2:00 pmNovember 11, 2026 2:01 pm

For purposes of statutory construction, the courts and bill drafters use a series of “canons” to guide them in interpreting statutes (for judges) and in drafting statutes (for drafters). These include textual canons (intrinsic aids), linguistic presumptions and grammatical conventions,...

Ringside: Water Abundance Means Thinking Big Again

November 11, 2026 1:42 pmNovember 11, 2026 1:43 pm

“The problem we faced in the 1970s was that we were building too much and too heedlessly. The problem we face in the 2020s is that we are building too little and we are too often paralyzed by process.” This...

American Refineries are Sitting Ducks

November 11, 2026 1:00 pmNovember 11, 2026 2:15 pm

Most political leaders and policymakers remain oblivious to the fact that raw crude oil is useless black tar until refined into useful transportation fuels and products for today’s materialistic society. Ukraine has been using drone attacks on Russian refineries to...

‘We Can’t Stop Legislation’: Incoming Arizona Senate GOP Leader Kavanagh Outlines Minority Strategy

November 11, 2026 11:28 amNovember 11, 2026 2:17 pm

Incoming Arizona Senate Minority Leader John Kavanagh (R-LD3) says Republicans will focus on communicating their objections to Democratic legislation as they prepare to surrender control of the chamber in January. “We can’t stop legislation,” Kavanagh told Capitol Media Services following...

UCLA Report Reveals a Generation Trading Depth for Dopamine, Embracing AI, and Rejecting Raunch

November 11, 2026 10:00 amNovember 11, 2026 2:11 pm

The Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA has released its 2026 Teens and Screens report, based on a nationwide survey of more than 1,500 adolescents ages 10–24. Titled “Rewrite This! How Gen Z and Gen Alpha Are Redefining Modern...

Why Intrinsic Evidence Is the Superior Use of Legislative History

November 11, 2026 7:45 amNovember 11, 2026 7:45 am

Based on the seminal California Third District Court of Appeal decision in Kaufman & Broad v. Precision Plastering, the courts in this state have discerned between cognizable (which is subject to judicial notice) legislative history and noncognizable (which is not...

PLF Lawsuit: California Legislature Tries to Cover Up Communications with Coastal Commission

November 11, 2026 7:00 amNovember 11, 2026 7:07 am

Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit Tuesday November 10, 2026, in Sacramento County Superior Court, challenging the State Assembly Rules Committee’s refusal to disclose communications with the California Coastal Commission. They are seeking to enforce California’s public records laws. The...