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ACLU Joins Chorus Slamming SCOTUS Rulings Restricting Affirmative Action in Higher Education

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|Date: June 30, 2023
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ACLU Joins Chorus Slamming SCOTUS Rulings Restricting Affirmative Action in Higher Education

By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – The ACLU, among others, slammed the U.S. Supreme Court decision Th ...

By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – The ACLU, among others, slammed the U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday to restrict a school’s ability to address systemic racial equalities in higher education ...

June 30, 2023
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SCOTUS Kills GOP-Promoted State Legislature Theory Over Actual Votes

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|Date: June 29, 2023
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SCOTUS Kills GOP-Promoted State Legislature Theory Over Actual Votes

By The Vanguard Staff WASHINTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling this week to reject what the AC ...

By The Vanguard Staff WASHINTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling this week to reject what the ACLU calls a “misbegotten…radical theory is totally contrary to the bedrock principle of checks a ...

June 29, 2023
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Amicus Brief Shows Support for Abolishing Felony Murder Rule in Massachusetts

Posted by Kaylee Pearlman
|Date: April 29, 2023
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Amicus Brief Shows Support for Abolishing Felony Murder Rule in Massachusetts

By Kaylee Pearlman BOSTON, MA - The Sentencing Project recently joined other organizations in, “urging t ...

By Kaylee Pearlman BOSTON, MA - The Sentencing Project recently joined other organizations in, “urging the Massachusetts Supreme Court to abolish or severely limit the felony murder rule, which the p ...

April 29, 2023
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Prosecutors Urge CA Supreme Court to Preserve ‘Prosecutorial Discretion’ in Support of Los Angeles District Attorney’s Sentencing Enhancements Changes

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|Date: April 26, 2023
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Prosecutors Urge CA Supreme Court to Preserve ‘Prosecutorial Discretion’ in Support of Los Angeles District Attorney’s Sentencing Enhancements Changes

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In an amicus brief filed here this week, 68 current and former ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In an amicus brief filed here this week, 68 current and former elected district attorneys and attorneys general from the U.S. urged the California Supreme Cou ...

April 26, 2023
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California Attorney General Joins Effort to Ask Supreme Court to Overturn Lower Court Ruling that Domestic Abusers Can Have Access to Guns

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: April 25, 2023
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California Attorney General Joins Effort to Ask Supreme Court to Overturn Lower Court Ruling that Domestic Abusers Can Have Access to Guns

By Leslie Acevedo OAKLAND, CA - California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a multi-state coalition last ...

By Leslie Acevedo OAKLAND, CA - California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a multi-state coalition last week in an Amicus Brief asking the “United States Supreme Court to review and overturn the Fif ...

April 25, 2023
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Amicus Briefs Advise Court to Reinstate Former Florida State Attorney after Unconstitutional Suspension by Gov. DeSantis

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: April 05, 2023
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Amicus Briefs Advise Court to Reinstate Former Florida State Attorney after Unconstitutional Suspension by Gov. DeSantis

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong TAMPA, FL – First Amendment scholars in the United States are supporting former Fl ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong TAMPA, FL – First Amendment scholars in the United States are supporting former Florida State Attorney Andrew Warren, writing in their amici briefs that FL Gov. Ron DeSantis’ re ...

April 05, 2023
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Multistate Coalition Pushes to Support Safety and Inclusivity for Trans Students

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|Date: January 06, 2023
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Multistate Coalition Pushes to Support Safety and Inclusivity for Trans Students

Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – A coalition of 15 AGs from across the country, including California ...

Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – A coalition of 15 AGs from across the country, including California Attorney General Rob Bonta, signed an amicus brief in support of a Maryland board of education ...

January 06, 2023
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CA Attorney General Bonta Intervenes in Sacramento Natomas Unified Case, Urges District to Address Discipline Issues But Still Keep Kids in School

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|Date: September 07, 2022
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CA Attorney General Bonta Intervenes in Sacramento Natomas Unified Case, Urges District to Address Discipline Issues But Still Keep Kids in School

By Kacie Williams SACRAMENTO, CA - California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed for an amicus brief last w ...

By Kacie Williams SACRAMENTO, CA - California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed for an amicus brief last week in the Natomas Unified School District v. Sacramento County Board of Education, urging an a ...

September 07, 2022
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California General Attorney Rob Bonta Joins Coalition Opposing Florida Discriminatory Voting Law

Posted by Angelina Sang
|Date: August 24, 2022
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California General Attorney Rob Bonta Joins Coalition Opposing Florida Discriminatory Voting Law

By Angelina Sang OAKLAND, CA - California Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a group of 17 attorneys g ...

By Angelina Sang OAKLAND, CA - California Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a group of 17 attorneys general in an amicus brief advocating the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reject a Fl ...

August 24, 2022
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Governor Backs UC Berkeley in Amicus Brief, Arguing for College Access and Affordability

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 19, 2022
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Governor Backs UC Berkeley in Amicus Brief, Arguing for College Access and Affordability

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – An appellate court decision to restrict enrollment at UC Berkeley has ...

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – An appellate court decision to restrict enrollment at UC Berkeley has triggered a huge and growing backlash. The latest shoe to fall was Governor Newsom filing an a ...

February 19, 2022
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Brief Filed Attempting to Protect People with Disabilities from the Death Penalty

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|Date: December 29, 2021
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Brief Filed Attempting to Protect People with Disabilities from the Death Penalty

By the Vanguard Staff Washington, DC - Some of the nation’s most prominent former prosecutors, judges, an ...

By the Vanguard Staff Washington, DC - Some of the nation’s most prominent former prosecutors, judges, and solicitor generals from across the ideological spectrum have asked the Supreme Court to revie ...

December 29, 2021
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Aguiar-Curry Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Right to Choose before the SCOTUS

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|Date: September 26, 2021
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Aguiar-Curry Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Right to Choose before the SCOTUS

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Across the country, nearly 900 state lawmakers from across Calif ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Across the country, nearly 900 state lawmakers from across California and around the country have sign an amicus brief in support of women’s right to make thei ...

September 26, 2021
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Justice Leaders Urge Supreme Court Not to Criminalize Lifesaving Overdose Prevention Sites

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|Date: September 18, 2021
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Justice Leaders Urge Supreme Court Not to Criminalize Lifesaving Overdose Prevention Sites

By The Vanguard Staff Washington, CA - Overdose prevention sites, also called “supervised consumption” or ...

By The Vanguard Staff Washington, CA - Overdose prevention sites, also called “supervised consumption” or “safe injection” sites, provide a location to use drugs under the supervision of people traine ...

September 18, 2021
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70 Criminal Justice Leaders File Brief Calling for an End to the Unnecessary Use of Deadly Force by PA Police

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 02, 2021
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70 Criminal Justice Leaders File Brief Calling for an End to the Unnecessary Use of Deadly Force by PA Police

DAs, Attorneys General and law enforcement leaders tell the PA Supreme Court that the police should not b ...

DAs, Attorneys General and law enforcement leaders tell the PA Supreme Court that the police should not be allowed to use deadly force on people fleeing arrest who are not dangerous by Vanguard Staff ...

July 02, 2021
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Boudin and Other DAs Join Governor’s Declaration That Death Penalty Is Applied in Racially Biased Manner

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2020
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Boudin and Other DAs Join Governor’s Declaration That Death Penalty Is Applied in Racially Biased Manner

By David M. Greenwald On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom, in response to a rare request by the California S ...

By David M. Greenwald On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom, in response to a rare request by the California Supreme Court, filed a briefing about the constitutionality in which the governor declared that ...

October 27, 2020
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Attorney General Kamala Harris Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Immigration Reform

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|Date: March 14, 2015
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Attorney General Kamala Harris Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Immigration Reform

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the Attorneys General from 14 states and the District of Columbia f ...

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the Attorneys General from 14 states and the District of Columbia filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the U.S. government’s emergency request that Presid ...

March 14, 2015
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