INSANE: 3 - The Real Truth

Workers call for safety net benefits for undocumented Californians. ‘It’s a human right’

Since last fall, agricultural workers in California's Central Valley have had less work due to prolonged rain storms and the resulting flooding.

Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2023

Will Havens Realty Be "Abandoned" Like The Lemon Test?

Another Burger Court precedent is on the chopping block.

Reason · Mar 27, 2023

'They let us down': California flooding victims demand answers as town hall devolves into shouting match

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Nearly two weeks after a levee failure forced hundreds of families in the small Monterey County community of Pajaro to leave their homes in the middle of the night, both county officials and residents are demanding answers for why federal assistance promised by the governor has yet…

Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2023

Could Kanye West be placed under Kim Kardashian’s conservatorship?

Celebrity conservatorships get a bad rap because of Britney Spears' high-profile case–but it might be just what Ye needs, says legal analyst Aron Solomon.

Fortune · Dec 8, 2022

Newsom signs UFW bill aimed at helping California farmworkers organize

After previously indicating he might veto the measure, Gov. Gavin Newson signed a new law Wednesday that will make it easier for agricultural laborers to join unions, a hard-fought win for the United Farm Workers.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 28, 2022

California's Drought Is an Infrastructure Problem

California should build infrastructure, not shame water users.

Reason · Aug 5, 2022

California aims to make its own insulin brand to lower price

California plans to make its own insulin

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2022

California lawmakers to investigate steep gas prices, accuse oil companies of 'ripping off' motorists

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With steep gasoline prices still stinging Californians at the pump, Democratic Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on Monday announced a legislative inquiry to determine if oil companies are "ripping off" drivers.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 20, 2022

Louisiana S. Ct. Precludes Prosecution of Pastor for Violation of Early-Pandemic Gathering Size Limits

From Justice William Crain's opinion today (joined by Justices Scott Crichton, James Genovese, Jay McCallum, and Jefferson Hughes III) in State v. Spell, dealing with a prosecution for actions on March 31, 2020; the court basically applies the U.S. Supreme Court's similar decisions in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v.…

Reason · May 13, 2022

"Humans Are Not Smart Enough to Have Ideas That Lie Beyond Challenge and Debate"

From Eleventh Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus's concurrence in Speech First, Inc. v. Cartwright: I join fully in Judge Newsom's opinion for this Court. The University of Central Florida's discriminatory-harassment policy almost surely violates the First Amendment. It is grievously overbroad, and it is a content- and viewpoint-based restraint on free…

Reason · Apr 21, 2022