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This Week’s Slap Down Ruling by the 9th Sends Government running to SCOTUS

August 7, 2025
#Justice

9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order

August 5, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
#Documented/Undocumented • #ProtectingDueProcess

Mayor Bass & a list of mayors of So Cal cities join in federal civil rights lawsuit against Trump’s militarization of immigration

July 9, 2025
Civil Liberties

May your 4th of July weekend be a safe one, and may you find joy in these strange times.

July 4, 2025
Civil Liberties • Courts • Criminal Justice • National Politics

The Judge…and the Student…

September 24, 2007
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As we think about what kind of Attorney General Judge Mukasey might make, it is worth reading...

Education • Environment • LAUSD

LA’s New (Cough) Schools (Cough, Cough)

September 24, 2007
35 Comments

Just when I was starting to feel a teensy, weensy bit optimistic that the LAUSD board had finally...

Civil Liberties • Education • Public Health

Shocking Children

September 22, 2007
13 Comments

This month’s Mother Jones Magazine (Sept/Oct) features a cover story by Jennifer Gonnerman...

Criminal Justice • Race • Race & Class

Streaming to JENA

September 21, 2007
31 Comments

They came in bus load after bus load from all the states bordering Louisiana, and from states...

Free Speech

The Move-On Flap: Dumb….Meet Dumber.

September 20, 2007
19 Comments

I really, really, REALLY don’t have time to post today as I’m neck deep in researching...

Prison • Prison Policy • Public Health • State Government

Prison Kills

September 20, 2007
6 Comments

In 2002, a very angry U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson ruled that health care in the...

Civil Rights • Criminal Justice • Juvenile Justice • Race & Class

The White Tree

September 20, 2007
20 Comments

Today, Americans from all over these United States will march in Jena, Louisiana, because of a...

Education • Immigration & Justice • National Politics

The Legality of Dreaming

September 19, 2007
20 Comments

A year or so ago, when I was researching a story about low-scoring Jefferson High School, I...

Civil Liberties • Courts • National Politics

Stuck on Stupid

September 19, 2007
7 Comments

And that’s understating the matter. The Restore Habeas measure would have passed the Senate...

Civil Liberties • Courts • Crime and Punishment • National Issues • War

Writ Large

September 19, 2007
9 Comments

It is stain enough on our nation’s integrity that, in a moment of reckless cowardice in the...

American Voices • National Politics • War

American Voices….Part VI

September 18, 2007
14 Comments

Okay, finally….here’s my last installment of Voices from the Road. (For those just...

ACLU • Civil Liberties • National Politics

Card-Carrying ACLU Liberals Befriend Larry Craig

September 17, 2007
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….Legally speaking, that is. More specifically, on Monday, the ACLU filed an amicus brief...

Academic Freedom • Education • Free Speech

The Return of the Chemerinski

September 17, 2007
20 Comments

Deals have been struck. Kisses have been exchanged. Troths have been plighted. Mutual...

Government • National Politics

Who is Mukasey? Read for Yourself.

September 16, 2007
32 Comments

In the next few days and weeks much will be said and written about 66-year-old retired federal...

Civil Liberties • Civil Rights • Courts • Government • National Issues • National Politics • Supreme Court • War

Overplaying the Secrecy Card

September 16, 2007
9 Comments

Sunday’s Los Angeles Times has an excellent opinion piece that flags the dangerous trend...

Academic Freedom • Education • Free Speech

Chemerinsky, Part 3: Wheeling, Dealing….and Fact Checking

September 15, 2007
29 Comments

More comes out about the behind the scenes wheeling and dealing to get Chemerinsky dumped, courtesy...

Academic Freedom • Education • Free Speech

UC Rashomon – Chemerinsky and Irvine, the Drama Continues

September 14, 2007
13 Comments

Okay, here’s where we are so far: UCI Chancellor, Michael Drake says that his choice to...

Bears and Alligators • Civil Rights • Crime and Punishment • Free Speech

The Great Inflatable Rat Caper

September 14, 2007
6 Comments

The AP article begins like this: “The state Supreme Court has dealt with gay marriage...

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