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Canon of Statutory Construction – ‘In Pari Materia’

October 22, 2022   7:42 amOctober 22, 2022   7:45 am
For purposes of statutory construction, the courts and bill drafters use a series of “canons” to guide them. These include textual canons (intrinsic aids), linguistic presumptions and grammatical conventions, substantive canons, and extrinsic aids. It is impossible to list them...
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GLOBE EXCLUSIVE: Empower Schools to Fund the Arts, Don’t Mandate It

October 22, 2022   2:45 amOctober 22, 2022   7:39 am
Californians rightly want their children’s schools to have vibrant arts and music programs. As a father of five, I’m right there with them. I absolutely think that we should be funding arts and music programs a lot more than we...
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Is There a Difference Between Vagueness and Ambiguity?

October 21, 2022   2:43 pmOctober 21, 2022   9:05 pm
In the interpretation of a statute, is there a difference between statutory language that is vague or statutory language that is ambiguous? Is there a legal distinction between the two? Some legal commentators and judges draw a distinction between a...
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California Hogs and Chickens Enjoy More Protections Than Unborn Babies

October 21, 2022   2:36 pmOctober 21, 2022   11:42 am
As California voters prepare to vote on Proposition 1, the “Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom. Legislative Constitutional Amendment,” which codifies the right to abortion up to the birth of the baby, in the California Constitution, it is important to note...
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Sen. Scott Wiener Invites Us to Pumpkin Carving Drag Queen Event

October 21, 2022   2:00 pmOctober 21, 2022   2:03 pm
“In case you missed it, Senator Scott Wiener is hosting his Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest tomorrow, October 22!” Sen. Wiener’s email says. California Sen. Scott Wiener sent out an email Friday inviting me to his annual pumpkin carving event in...
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If You Actually Do the Crime, Do Not Do the Rhyme

October 21, 2022   8:10 amOctober 21, 2022   7:18 am
There’s stupid. There’s felony stupid. And then there is actually literally felony stupid. Meet rapper Nuke Bizzle. Bizzle – real name Fontrell Antonio Baines, 33, hometown Memphis, TN – shot to infamy in the summer of 2020, posting to You...
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The ‘Sunrise’ Process in the California Legislature

October 21, 2022   6:54 amOctober 21, 2022   9:07 pm
In California, as in a number of other states, there is the so-called “sunrise” process, which is the opposite of a “sunset” (or repeal) process, in the law. When establishing a new regulatory scheme for an occupation or profession, the...
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