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Cal Supreme Court Tyranny

John Seiler: Recall, anyone? Not of Gov. Jerry Brown -- yet. But of the five California Supreme Court "justices" who voted to revoke your Fourth Amendment right "against unreasonable searches and seizures." Absurdly, the court ruled that, if cops arrest you, they can search not only your pe...

The Green Attorney General

Katy Grimes: As I stood in the cold yesterday watching Kamala Harris as she was sworn in as Attorney General, my eyes roamed the large audience. I found myself scanning the crowd, identifying the the many familiar Democratic faces attending the event. It was like picking out the green jelly beans fr...

New Guv, New Website

Anthony Pignataro: Jerry Brown doesn't get officially sworn in as Governor of California until 11 a.m. today, but the California governor's website is all Jerry now. There's not much there beyond a sweeping photo of the Golden Gate Bridge and a very brief press release saying "On Monday, January ...

The Gift After The Nunez Deal

Katy Grimes: Once again calling into question Governor Schwarzenegger's strange agenda, today as part of his final hours in office, he commuted the manslaughter sentence of Esteban Núñez, the son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez from 16 years to seven. This was no boys-will-be-boys cri...

Arnold Still Clueless

John Seiler: In office seven years, Gov. Arnold Schwarzendeficit still doesn't realize why he couldn't end the "crazy deficit spending" he pledged his honor to end. This is shown by an interview he conducted with the L.A. Times, which is published today, reviewing his seven disastrous years. One...

No New Taxes!

John Seiler: Californians need to be firm: No new taxes! Because the tax wasters are cooking up tax increases right now, reports the Bee: Gov.-elect Jerry Brown will propose a ballot measure to extend temporary tax hikes set to expire next year.... The tax package, planned for the June bal...

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