Rights and Liberties
Back to homepageAmerican independence is still relevant
July 4, 2013 By Katy Grimes As a young child, I was fortunate to be able to live in Newport, Rhode Island, the first British colony in America to formally declare its independence, and the first state to guarantee freedom of religion. We
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Video: Sensible gun control? New legislation that makes sense
July 4, 2013 By Brian Calle California’s gun laws are already some of the most restrictive in the country. In this video, John Phillips talks to Alexis Garcia about what Sacramento is doing right and wrong on the issue of
Read MoreSteinberg bill would triple size of UFW
July 3, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — If a labor union-friendly bill currently working through the California Legislature is signed into law, the United Farm Workers labor union stands to triple in size. According to peach and wine grape
Read MoreAssemblyman’s bill addresses NSA surveillance
July 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes Life in America would be far different if at the end of every day you had to report in to a federal government agency where you had been, who you met with and talked
Read MoreLakers fans may soon appreciate Phil Mickelson’s CA tax gripes
July 2, 2013 By Chris Reed In January, when Rancho Santa Fe pro golfer Phil Mickelson griped about the Prop. 30-mandated increase in state income taxes to 13.3 percent on California’s highest earners, he was widely pilloried as a heartless
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Banner decision upholds property rights
July 1, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — The Pacific Legal Foundation just won an important property rights case. The U.S. Supreme Court case expanded the right to just compensation to “non-takings” of property in Koontz v. St. Johns River Management
Read MorePublic ‘onslaught’ stopped union PLA bid
July 1, 2013 By John Hrabe If you’re jaded about politics and question whether elected officials listen to their constituents, consider the story of how a group of concerned taxpayers and small business owners stopped the Coast Community College District
Read MoreSeparation of marriage and state
July 1, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — As a kid, I remember watching a rerun of the 1952 “I Love Lucy Show” episode in which Lucy finds her marriage license while cleaning out a closet. She discovers, to her
Read MoreProperty rights win only minor victory in court case
June 28, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi As the July 4 holiday approaches, America celebrates independence from the tyrannical taxation and subjugation of Great Britain in the 1770s. But property owners in California have no more property rights even after a new
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