Will young CA justices use Vergara case to audition for SCOTUS?
The Volokh Conspiracy, the wonderful legal blog founded by UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh, had a provocative post about what might happen now that Gov. Jerry Brown has named three acclaimed youngish...
View ArticleStrict SF Gun Laws Survive Challenge in Courts
Continuing its reticence to reach beyond a landmark decision seven years ago, the Supreme Court handed a victory to tight regulations on gun use in San Francisco. Twin ordinances “The court on Monday...
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CARTOON: Obamacare Ruling
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View ArticleCalifornia officials praise Supreme Court ruling on independent redistricting...
A reported by the Los Angeles Times: Political reformers in California and Arizona and the voters who supported them won a big round at the Supreme Court on Monday, when the justices upheld the use of...
View ArticleHigh Court to Hear California Teachers’ Challenge to Union Dues
From KQED: The U.S. Supreme Court will consider limiting the power of government employee unions to collect fees from non-members in a case that labor officials say could threaten membership and...
View ArticleSCOTUS’ Decision To Hear Friedrichs Case Has Unions In A Tizzy
On June 30th, the Supreme Court decided to hear Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association et al, a case that could seriously change the way the public employee unions (PEUs) do business. If the...
View ArticleOn Health Care, Obama worked the Refs and Got His Way
Former Lakers coach Phil Jackson says he finds referees “a very interesting group of people.” If you’re a basketball fan, you’ll remember that Jackson has used plainer words about referees, and this...
View ArticleFree Speech Rights on the Line as SCOTUS Hears Friedrichs Case
In less than one week the U.S. Supreme Court will begin to hear arguments in the case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, to determine whether unions can force public employees to fund...
View ArticleMainstream Misdirection in SCOTUS Search
Antonin Scalia’s death has begun a new Supreme Court battle. And much of it will be expressed in terms of whether nominees are “mainstream” or not. Senator Charles Schumer already demonstrated this...
View ArticleComity is Dead – A Reflection on the Supreme Court Vacancy
We began this drama with Republicans suggesting there will be no action on any Obama nomination, followed by Democratic outrage. I have been convinced all along that the Senate will not go down that...
View ArticleSCOTUS Showdown: Obama’s Dysfunctional Relationship With Congress
After this week’s news that Republican Senate leaders will not even consider any Supreme Court nominee until a new president is in office, current President Obama is taking it to the streets in an...
View ArticleSCOTUS declines to review CA asset seizure practice
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take on a 15-year-old case challenging California’s asset seizure practices. The justices decided “they would not hear a long-running lawsuit that contends the state...
View ArticleNever Mind Never Trump
To do a brief full disclosure, I was a national director of the Super PAC which created the Draft Ben Carson for President movement and, after he officially announced his candidacy, the Super PAC (2016...
View ArticleCourt Case Could Free Public Employees from Unions
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Janus v AFSCME case on February 26, with a decision scheduled to be announced in June. If successful, it would free public employees in 22 states from...
View ArticleThe Unions Keep Rigging the Rules as Workers Sue Them
The public employee unions have not been at all contrite since their 41 year run of legalized theft came to an abrupt halt. On June 27th, the Supreme Court overturned 1977’s abysmal Abood v. Detroit...
View ArticleNew SCOTUS Petitions Claim Public Employees’ First Amendment Rights Violated...
California Teachers Assoc., United Teachers LA, SEIU, Oregon Educational Assoc. named in petitions Last week, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys, in partnership with attorneys...
View ArticleIssa Slams AOC, Pelosi Over SCOTUS Security Bill Stall: ‘It is Astonishing’
California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa slammed both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., over blocking a bill to give Supreme Court justices and...
View ArticleSome Observations on Our New SCOTUS Justice, Ketanji Jackson
A few days ago, Justice Ketanji Jackson was sworn in as the first black female on the Supreme Court. Yes, she should be congratulated, and she was, and still is. However, I have some timely issues...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Corrects a Grievous Error
In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, it finally removed higher education’s exemption from the principle of colorblindness. In every area of life, the Constitution and federal civil-rights laws...
View ArticleSupreme Court Votes 6-3 To Strike Down President Biden’s Student Loan...
Impact of decision felt by many Californians In a 6-3 decision on Friday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Biden Administration does not have the legal authority to forgive student loans...
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