I couldn’t believe it. Pete Wilson and Gray Davis are worried about the impartiality of our court system. They testified recently in front of the Steering Committee of the Statewide Commission for Impartial Courts.

The Committee Chair Supreme Court Justice Ming Chin is concerned that ‘unfair political attacks” on the courts are undermining our democracy.

All three need to look in the mirror before worrying about the courts. Pete Wilson was clear that he would appoint law and order type judges.

Nothing wrong with that?

Gray Davis took it a little further. He actually told a bunch of Governor’s that this:

"They are not there to be independent agents…They are there to reflect the sentiments that I expressed during the campaign.”

If they arrive at a conclusion that differs from the governor, he said, "They shouldn’t be a judge. They should resign."

Then his administration had a pro-abortion, pro-death penalty litmus test for judicial nominees.

Nothing wrong with that?

Judge Chin when first appointed to the bench immediately… Read More

We have spent a considerable amount of electronic ink on this page criticizing California Republican Congressman Jerry Lewis (pictured) for embracing the "culture of big spending" that we believe played a large role in the eventual collapse of Congressional Republicans into minority status. Lewis, who served as Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and now serves as the top Republican, has a very unsavory attititude about even the most egregious pork earmarks dished up on Capitol Hill — I’ll vote for yours if you vote for mine. That, combined with a rather imperious attitude when in comes to the primacy of "Appropriators" as the dominant class in Congress, make him the kind of Republican that is indistinguishable, most of the time, from a Democrat. (Check out this startling CNN video on Lewis). … Read More

We have spent a considerable amount of electronic ink on this page criticizing California Republican Congressman Jerry Lewis (pictured) for embracing the "culture of big spending" that we believe played a large role in the eventual collapse of Congressional Republicans into minority status. Lewis, who served as Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and now serves as the top Republican, has a very unsavory attititude about even the most egregious pork earmarks dished up on Capitol Hill — I’ll vote for yours if you vote for mine. That, combined with a rather imperious attitude when in comes to the primacy of "Appropriators" as the dominant class in Congress, make him the kind of Republican that is indistinguishable, most of the time, from a Democrat. (Check out this startling CNN video on Lewis). … Read More

I’ve been meaning to add a word here on the decision by the California Supreme Court rejecting, by a narrow, 4-3 vote,a pre-election challenge to the Marriage Amendment on this November’s ballot. Readers will recall that I predicted on June 23 that the Courts would allow the measure to go to the ballot. I said "(w)hile some readers may be disappointed in the Court’s decision earlier over-ruling the ban on same-sex marriages in California, this lawyer predicts the Court will not take the marriage amendment initiative off the November ballot before a vote — at least not yet."

My prediction was based on the strong deference California courts must give to the validity of ballot measures to qualify for the ballot.The right to initiative is a fundamental constitutional right in California.

Now, supporters of the Marriage Amendment need to kick into gear and show the Los Angeles Times and their other liberal opponents thatthe double-digit lead for this measure in the polls is not the "smallmajority" the Times would like it to be.… Read More

Today, I alongside Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) announced that we will actively oppose and challenge any attempt to earmark more federal dollars to Chairman Charlie Rangel’s ‘Monument to Me’.

The Washington Post reported yesterday that Chairman Rangel has secured a total of three earmarks for the City College of New York’s proposed Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service, totaling close to $3 million.

Last year I offered an amendment to strike the largest earmark worth $1.95 million for the Charles B. Rangel School Center for Public Service. 316 members voted to allow this earmark to stand. I am interested to see, in the current anti-earmark climate how many of my colleagues will continue to side with this egregious use of taxpayer dollars.

It also should be known that Chairman Rangel has been soliciting donations throughout the business community, touting his status as Chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, which has broad jurisdiction over tax policy, trade, Social Security and Medicare.… Read More

Floyd Brown has produced a new advertisement thatcontrasts on Barrack Hussein Obama’s recent lament that Americansdon’t know enough foreign languages. You can see it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7srmHLclw.… Read More

If you were to look up "dysfunctional legislature" in the dictionary, you’d a photograph of the California State Capitol. We’re now a couple of weeks into the fiscal year without a state budget, and outgoing Senate President Don Perata has apparently dismissed Senators from Sacramento, advising them to be "on call" to come back and vote on a budget on short notice. Last I checked, we are paying every single member of the State Senate, and also the State Assembly for that matter, a full-time wage. If there is no state budget, the last thing that I want to have happen is for all of the legislators to go back to their districts, and leave budget nogotiations to small group of legislative leaders, to primary take place in a back room. Frankly, every legislator has a responsibility to be in Sacramento, at the Capitol, and working together to try and solve this overspending crisis.

State government is huge, and complex, and the negotiations surrounding an income and spending plan should be broadly approached by our legislators. Democrat and Republican State Legislators should be rolling up their sleeves, taking portions… Read More

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aide of their country. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aide of their country. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aide of their country. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aide of their country. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aide of their country. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.… Read More