The Hill: Gavin Newsom thought he could override the Constitution—now he faces a recall

 

On September 14, California voters head to the polls to decide Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fate in a historic recall election. Perhaps the biggest motivating factor behind the recall effort is Newsom’s aggressive COVID-19 pandemic response, paying little attention to the role of the executive under a government of separated powers.

Oliver Dunford reminds us that California’s legislature, not the governor, is duty-bound to establish policy, including public health policy, and pass laws that bind the people.

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Supreme Court sides with landlords and PLF, secures an injunction against CDC’s eviction moratorium

Late last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Alabama Association of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Services, affirming what Pacific Legal Foundation has argued on behalf of landowners for nearly a year—that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lacked the constitutional authority to enforce its nationwide eviction moratorium.

Luke Wake explains the ripple effect of the High Court’s decision on similar PLF cases.

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San Jose State University must respect and protect free speech

American universities are meant to be places to debate ideas and explore novel theories. But, unfortunately, the current picture on American campuses is quite different.

Today, disagreeing with woke orthodoxy might get you branded a racist by university officials and threatened with sanctions. As Daniel Ortner writes, this was the unfortunate experience of Dr. Elizabeth Weiss, a highly decorated, fully tenured professor of anthropology at San Jose State University.

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