Rights and LibertiesCracking down on ADA lawsuit abuseTuesday, March 19th, 2013 March 19, 2013 By Joseph Perkins I was a White House staff member when George H.W. Bush was in the Oval Office. I remember well when he signed the Americans With Disabilities Act into law, insisting that it would not “lead endlessly to litigation.” Not in his wildest nightmares did Bush... Drones a litmus test on trust in governmentMonday, March 18th, 2013 March 18, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -– Don't you hate it when life starts to resemble one of those bleak, futuristic dystopian movies? I'm thinking of an almost unfathomable reality –- local and state governments are joining the feds in buying unmanned aerial vehicles -– drones ... CA lawmakers advance gun-control billsTuesday, March 12th, 2013March 13, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- Anti-gun lawmakers in the California state Senate and Assembly have been busy advancing legislation to further control guns. On March 7, the state Senate passed SJR 1, a resolution by state Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis. It urges the U.S. Congress ... Lawsuit opposes excessive Coastal Commission restrictionsFriday, March 8th, 2013 March 8, 2013 By Dave Roberts One of the reasons many California businesses are struggling to survive or are leaving the state is over-regulation by the state’s vast bureaucracy. While much of the economic devastation can be quantified, one of the more elusive pieces of data is the number of... Senate committee advances bills on rape, sentencingThursday, March 7th, 2013March 7, 2013 By Dave Roberts California state laws from the past occasionally crop up and need to be amended. That happened last week when the Senate Public Safety Committee unanimously approved SB 59, which is designed to close a loophole that allows a man to get away with rape by imperso... CA Dems seek to export gun crackdownWednesday, March 6th, 2013 March 6, 2013 By Dave Roberts California’s Democratic politicians, not content to have enacted some of the nation’s strictest restrictions on their citizens’ right to keep and bear arms, now want to do the same to the rest of the country. The Senate Public Safety Committee on a 4-2 vot... Lessons for CA from my Middle East tripWednesday, February 27th, 2013 Feb. 27, 2013 By Katy Grimes I just returned from a trip to the Middle East, and managed to pack several thousand years of history into three weeks. Against the warnings and concerns of many friends, my husband and I, and another couple, traveled to Istanbul, Turkey, then to Israel, where ... S. Court splits on defending civil libertiesSunday, February 24th, 2013Feb. 24, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decisions regarding police powers were mixed, thus offering a reminder to civil libertarians that they cannot depend upon the high court to protect the public from unwarranted government intrusions. "The U.S. Sup... Dorner manhunt raises policing issuesSunday, February 17th, 2013 Feb. 17, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- Police typically say that their paramount mission is to protect public safety. But the recently concluded manhunt for former Los Angeles Police Department officer Christopher Dorner, accused of murdering four people after releasing a manifesto dec... Video: Victor Davis Hanson: Tough talk for Latino voters.Friday, February 8th, 2013Feb. 9, 2013 By Brian Calle In another installment of my interview with classical scholar and author Victor Davis Hanson, he speaks of welcoming Latino immigrants, but urging them to understand the system of the United States. |