Yesterday the Legislature actually met – for a single day, in an NBA basketball arena. The main purpose was to elect the Speaker of the Assembly. Incredibly, that meant re-installing the existing leadership. But I wasn’t going to let this happen in a pro forma manner. I took to the podium and nominated another candidate, […]
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At 4:59 PM Friday, with 30 seconds and 14 words to spare, James and I filed our 13,986-word Opposition to Gov. Newsom’s appeal of our trial victory. You can read it here. I’ll be honest, this was a frenzied effort given the insanely short amount of time. But it is by far our most comprehensive
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*Receive updates on our case against Gov. Newsom One indication lockdowns don’t work is that their biggest enthusiasts keep getting caught violating them. Another is the complete lack of evidence that they work. Yet now Gavin Newsom is floating a new Stay-at-Home Order, even after all the public health experts he claims to follow panned
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*Receive updates on our case against Gov. Newsom With the Court of Appeals dashing Newsom’s hopes of an immediate reversal, our case has become one of the most important in state history. As Phil Willon of the LA Times writes, “I expect this case to wind up at the California Supreme Court. If so it
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*Receive updates on the case The Court of Appeals has issued a new order in our case against Governor Newsom. The good news: the Court declined Newsom’s request to summarily overrule the Superior Court’s judgment against him. Instead, the Court has teed up briefing and oral argument that will result in a precedent-setting written decision.
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In the midst of a Civil War that severed our country and killed 2 percent of its population, Abraham Lincoln issued a Proclamation “to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.” Counting an abundance of blessings,
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*Receive updates on our case against Gov. Newsom For once, I agree with Gavin Newsom. At yesterday’s press conference, he called the outcome of our court case against him “a profoundly important decision.” Of course, he added that he’s “confident” in his “legal standing and legal position” on appeal – which is exactly what he
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*Receive updates on where the Resolution gets passed Collective action at the local level can be a powerful counterweight against Gavin Newsom’s one-man rule. That’s why we’ve written the Healthy Communities Resolution. A copy of the sample Resolution is here. It’s being passed by the Board of Supervisors in counties across California, including most recently
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James and I have been working furiously the last few days to quickly turn back the Governor’s outrageous and dishonest gambit with the Court of Appeals. Here’s the timeline of what has occurred: Last Friday around 5 PM, Judge Heckman issued her final ruling. On Monday, Newsom rushed to the Appeals Court to try to
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*Receive updates on our case against Gov. Newsom Now that Judge Heckman’s ruling against Gavin Newsom is final, we are reviewing all previous Executive Orders to determine which are legally suspect. I’ll provide an update later this week. In the meantime, I’ve just submitted a Legal Opinion Request to the Attorney General challenging Newsom’s authority
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