Press Releases

Alameda, CA – Attorneys with Pacific Justice Institute are warning community college officials in the East Bay Area of legal action if those officials continue to stifle a faculty member’s free speech. The Peralta Community College District recently conducted a … Read More

Sacramento, CA — The Pacific Justice Institute is announcing the launch of a nationwide grassroots campaign to seek official sanctions against Department of Justice attorneys who have changed sides in the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) cases. “Government lawyers are essentially … Read More

Sacramento, CA – California legislators cast their final votes late Thursday in favor of a controversial ban on therapy for minors with same-sex attractions. The bill, SB 1172, now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown. Meanwhile, attorneys with Pacific Justice Institute … Read More

Venice, FL – A family in Venice, Florida, is facing fines of $250 per day for having an unauthorized “house of worship” in their home. Shane and Marlene Roessiger host a prayer meeting on Friday nights with 6-10 people normally … Read More

Riverside, CA – The California Court of Appeal issued a ruling late Friday that puts on hold a lower court decision and allows a citizen initiative to move forward in Murrieta.  The stay by the Fourth District Court of Appeal of … Read More

Riverside, CA – A judge in Riverside ruled Friday that voters in Murrieta cannot be allowed to direct their city council to turn off controversial red light cameras. The issue has evolved from a debate over the cameras’ appropriateness to a … Read More

Mountain View, CA – Constitutional lawyers are warning a Silicon Valley city not to discriminate against restaurant chain Chick-fil-A because of its recent statement in support for traditional marriage. Chick-fil-A has received both threats from big city politicians and overwhelming support … Read More

Murrieta, CA – Pacific Justice Institute is defending California’s initiative process in a case in the Riverside Superior Court. Although the case relates to removal of the red-light camera system from the City of Murrieta, Pacific Justice Institute is defending the … Read More

Sacramento, CA – While boxes of signed petitions are still being delivered to locations throughout the State, the coalition that promoted the Children Learning Accurate Social Science (CLASS) Act is projecting today that they will fall short of the more than … Read More

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court’s highly anticipated health care ruling sent shockwaves across the world today as the Justices voted to uphold the law. Most Americans and even many supporters of the law had seemed to accept that the … Read More