ACLU Files Suit Demanding Documents on Implementation of Muslim Ban
(From Press Release) – American Civil Liberties Union affiliates across the country filed coordinated Freedom of Information…
Sacramento Civil Rights Lawyers Attack Trump & ‘Unbridled’ Fed Courts and Law Enforcement
Pledge to Work at No Charge for Activists Resisting Attacks on Free Speech (From Press Release) –…
A Dangerous Trend: Immigration Arrests at State Courthouses Are on the Rise
By Joanne Lin One of the most disturbing trends under the Trump administration is the sharp increase…
Is Sessions Trying to Kill Police Reform?
By David Rocah UPDATE: As this blog post was being sent to press, the court denied the Justice…
AG Sessions Seeking to End Police Reform Efforts; Local Officials Balk
On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered Justice Department officials to review reform agreements with various police…
ACLU Rallies for Freedom and Justice for All at State Capitol
400 ACLU members gathered for the organization’s annual conference to lobby lawmakers on bail reform, immigration, and…
Follow The Money – Tax March Sacramento Challenges Trump To Release All Tax Returns
Sacramento joins the national movement to demand President Trump release his tax returns, with an April 15…
Sunday Commentary: Will the Nation Undergo Tectonic Shifts Like California Did Two Decades Ago?
It was interesting reading Dan Walters’ column in The Sacramento Bee this morning. He makes a critical…
Arrested Despite DACA
By Francisco Rodriguez My earliest memory is of the day I first came to Portland. I was…
AG Pushes Back on Trump’s Targeting of Sanctuary Jurisdictions
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Wednesday filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case City and County of…
California Responds to Trump Climate Change Policies
This week President Trump, flanked by the executives of polluting companies and miners, signed his long-promised executive…
Public Safety Risks of Joining Trump’s Deportation Force
By Domenic Powell You may have heard how Trump is trying to bully local police departments into…
Trump Threatens Sanctuary City Funding; California Officials Respond
On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Trump Administration threatened to withhold federal funding from so-called…
President’s Campaign Rhetoric Should Stick with Him
By Matthew Segal The ongoing travel ban litigation has triggered intense debate on whether an assessment of…
Monday Morning Thoughts: What We Learned from the Failure of the Health Care Repeal
When Donald Trump promised that repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would be a top priority, I…
Cal School Districts Support Challenge to Trump on Immigration
(From Press Release) – Dozens of California school districts and leading education organizations today announced the filing…
Cal AG Files Amicus Brief in County of Santa Clara v. Trump
Brief Filed Supporting Challenge to President Trump’s “Sanctuary Jurisdictions” Executive Order (Press Release) –Attorney General Xavier Becerra…
California Chief Justice Pushes Back against Trump Immigration Tactics
California’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, in a letter to the Trump administration, urged them to…
Two Courts Rule That Executive Order Represented a Muslim Ban
By Omar Jadwat The federal courts have dealt two more blows to President Trump’s ongoing attempt to…
Court Blocks Trump’s Revised Muslim Ban
On Wednesday, a federal judge in Hawaii issued an order blocking the implementation of President Trump’s revised…
