Rights and Liberties
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May 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes What do leisure suits and gun shows have in common? More than you might think. It turns out that some members of the California Senate don’t particularly like either. But I’ll bet in this
Read MoreCalifornia’s new undocumented jurors
April 26, 2013 By Katy Grimes The dead Boston Bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, would have been eligible to serve on a jury in California, if state legislators have their way. The Assembly passed a bill Thursday that would allow non-citizens who
Read MoreBoston bombing: Why to expect bad fallout on two fronts
April 24, 2013 By Chris Reed The fallout from the April 15 terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon continues. Initially, the primary reaction was tired partisan attempts to imply the fault was either somehow a) the president’s fault because of
Read MoreMayor-forLife Bloomberg: Shred the Constitution
April 23, 2013 By John Seiler It’s terrible that four people were killed in Boston last week. But for that should we ditch the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights? That’s what New York Mayor-for-Life Michael Bloomberg insists: “The
Read MoreDriver’s license bill races through Legislature
April 23, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants is back on the table and making its way through the Capitol once again. But this latest bill asserts a licensed driver is a safer driver, based
Read MoreN.Y. Times shames Mercury-News on AB 32 coverage
April 23, 2013 By Chris Reed The fact that no one in the California media besides me has reported that the Obama administration considers fracking no big deal and just another heavy industry is pretty amazing. Obama’s picks for EPA
Read MoreCA gun control laws would not make us safer
April 18, 2013 By Katy Grimes While the state of California has been letting thousands of criminals out of prison since 2009 under Gov. Jerry Brown’s realignment law, California lawmakers are simultaneously proposing dozens of new gun control laws. Looked
Read MoreCA response to Boston terror attack mostly measured, muted
April 17, 2013 By Chris Reed Unlike officials in New York, Washington and some other cities in the Northeast, elected leaders and law-enforcement officials in California took a generally measured and in some cases muted response to Monday’s terrorist attack
Read MoreAmmo tax would cost more than the ammo
April 17, 2013 By Katy Grimes The recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., is the motivation behind the overwhelming number of gun-control measures moving rapidly through the state Legislature. One of these bills, AB 760,
Read MoreCA lawmaker: Use tax code to punish unpopular views
April 10, 2013 By Chris Reed As a libertarian who supports gay marriage, I’m not a social conservative cultural warrior. That said, I still think there’s something extremely troubling about government power being used to punish those whose views are
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