PLF’s Equality Under the Law Project litigates to ensure that the government does not treat people differently because of irrelevant factors such as skin color or gender. It envisions a society where everyone is truly equal before the law. Pursuant … Continue reading
PLF filed the next round of legal documents in Connerly v. California, et al. today. First, some background. In 2008, California voters created the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. The Commission is made of 14 private citizens who are tasked with … Continue reading
When government bureaucrats start shutting down lemonade stands and hassling five year olds for operating without a permit, you know we have a problem. When they make acts of charity illegal, you have to question if we’ve hit rock bottom. … Continue reading
Politicians have an edifice complex, and subsidies to sport teams are corporate welfare at its worst. In yet one more “Field of Schemes,” a deal was announced today to build an arena for the Kings in downtown Sacramento. Love professional … Continue reading
In the ever torrential rush to inundate the citizenry with yet another regulation to comply with, those poor, overworked legislators don’t even have time to read the bills they vote on anymore. (Remember, you have to pass the bill to … Continue reading
By now most readers have probably heard about the ruling by the Ninth Circuit yesterday in the Proposition 8 case. In a 2 to 1 decision, the Ninth Circuit found that Proposition 8 – which defined marriage as only between … Continue reading
PLF filed a brief today in CTIA v. San Francisco, CTIA’s challenge to San Francisco’s alarmist cell-phone warning scheme. San Francisco adopted an ordinance in 2010, modified in 2011, which requires cell phone retailers to post warning signs, distribute a … Continue reading