NOVEMBER 7, 2020 Many people have asked if our court victory over Governor Newsom is a precedent to challenge the lockdown. The answer is yes: the Pacific Legal Foundation just filed a lawsuit using the same legal theory to invalidate the color-coded “Blueprint.” But before getting to that, here’s how Newsom responded to the ruling: […]
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What a week. I’ll devote a full post to the court ruling in a couple days. In the meantime, the press coverage has been fairly accurate, and I’ve compiled some of it here. I’ll leave it to others to make sense of what’s going on nationally. Here are my initial thoughts on the results yesterday
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What a week. I’ll devote a full post to the court ruling in a couple days. In the meantime, the press coverage has been fairly accurate, and I’ve compiled some of it here. I’ll leave it to others to make sense of what’s going on nationally. Here are my initial thoughts on the results yesterday
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Click below to read the Court’s ruling. Pages 7-9 are the most important. You can watch my opening statement from the trial here. *Sign up below for my updates on the case
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NOVEMBER 3, 2020 Today, a California Superior Court ruled in favor of me and fellow legislator James Gallagher in our lawsuit challenging Gavin Newsom’s abuse of power. You can read the ruling here. The Judge ruled that Governor Newsom violated the State Constitution by issuing Executive Order N-67-20. More importantly, she found good cause for
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*Receive updates on the case Today, a California Superior Court ruled in favor of me and fellow legislator James Gallagher in our lawsuit challenging Gavin Newsom’s abuse of power. You can read the ruling here. The Judge ruled that Governor Newsom violated the State Constitution by issuing Executive Order N-67-20. More importantly, she found good
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All year, Gavin Newsom has screamed at Californians some variation of this tweet: Yes, do vote. That’s self-evident. The franchise is the lynchpin of democracy. But voting in itself wasn’t the great American innovation. Self-government was. And Californians know all too well that once you vote, Newsom will say “see you in two years” and
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All year, Gavin Newsom has screamed at Californians some variation of this tweet: Yes, do vote. That’s self-evident. The franchise is the lynchpin of democracy. But voting in itself wasn’t the great American innovation. Self-government was. And Californians know all too well that once you vote, Newsom will say “see you in two years” and
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The trial in Gallagher and Kiley v. Newsom took place on October 21, 2020. Click below to read the transcript. Briefs are available here. *Sign up below to get updates on the case
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