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Newsbrief

Wednesday January 29, 2025

  • Birthright citizenship is personal to me
  • Maria Elena Cruz becomes the first Latina + Black justice on the Arizona Supreme Court
  • The next MAGA judges will be so much worse
  • SCOTUS could force government to fund religious public schools

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta, credit Terry Chea:AP

Newsbrief

Wednesday January 22, 2025

  • Same sex marriage and contraception are next on the chopping block
  • AG Rob Bonta—an immigrant himself—find his calling as California’s top migrant defender
  • Justice Jackson’s quiet act of resistance at the inauguration
  • Justice system has been failing wrongfully convicted people long before Trump
Shimica Gaskins and her family, credit Shamica Gaskins

Newsbrief

Wednesday January 15, 2025

  • Our home is gone, but our community will rebuild
  • Corporate DEI wasn’t perfect, but it made our country better
  • Prominent California lawyer pushes back against anti-DEI and hate speech moderation
  • This attorney general has a plan to bankrupt Planned Parenthood
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, credit J. Scott Applewhite : Associated Press

Newsbrief

Wednesday December 18, 2024

  • Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes her Broadway debut
  • “We Have Dreams”
  • Montana Supreme Court reminds trans kids that judges can do good
  • Black student enrollment at Harvard Law drops by 50%
Demonstrators at a protest against police brutality in Portland, Oregon, in July 2020. Kathryn Elsesser:AFP via Getty Images

Newsbrief

Wednesday December 11, 2024

  • The legacy of Black women legislators, from Shirley Chisholm to Barbara Lee
  • A federal police force could be used to suppress Californians. Our state government can fight back.
  • I’m a trans person, and I may need to start carrying “papers” when I travel outside California
  • Conservative Justices know nothing about the lives of people who are different from them
Chase Strangio, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer, sits in 2022 in New York. Amir Hamja:Bloomberg:Getty Images

Newsbrief

Wednesday December 4, 2024

  • The first trans lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court
  • Trans healthcare saved my life
  • Conservative judges want to use the “Great Replacement” theory to end birthright citizenship
  • The lawyer who worked in the shadows to move the Courts to the right is ready to “crush” his opponents
Ysabel Jurado greets supporters at her election night party, credit Genaro Molina : Los Angeles Times

Newsbrief

Wednesday November 20, 2024

  • The 34 year old queer, first generation lawyer beat an incumbent and won a seat on LA City Council
  • Against all odds, liberal judges won across the country
  • Diana Becton is California’s last progressive DA
  • 800 lawyers are ready to take on Project 2025