CIVIL LIBERTIES

Sacramento, CA – Over the weekend, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a controversial ban on counseling and therapy for youth that is not affirming of same-sex attraction. Pacific Justice Institute has led the fight against SB 1172 since its … Read More

Sacramento, CA – Is it constitutional to stop civic-minded citizens from passing out copies of the Constitution? That’s the irony confronting justices of the California Court of Appeal this week. A three-justice panel in Sacramento will hear arguments Friday in a … Read More

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

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

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