This weekend, I #WearOrange because there is too much gun violence, including in the City of Orange which I represent.
Aiden Leos, Jenevieve Raygoza, Luis Tovar, Letitia Solis Guzman, Matthew Farias, and tens of thousands of other victims of gun violence should be alive. 1/
Yesterday morning, I was proud to join @wave4all, @oc_brady, @MomsDemand, and @Everytown for a discussion on how to end gun violence in this country, and how CA can continue to lead the way. 2/
I described my bill #SB264, which would end the sale of guns and ammunition on state property, thereby eliminating most gun shows at the county fairgrounds and getting the state of CA out of the business of selling guns. 3/
As I mentioned, we could not have gotten SB 264 passed out of the Senate without their incredible advocacy. I talked to a number of fellow Senators who told me about how their offices had been inundated with calls, emails, and visits (all polite but insistent for an aye vote). 4/
And even as we are dealing with the threat of a hostile, extremist, and activist judiciary, I will maintain that thanks to the amazing work of these moms & dads & kids & others, we are winning. Politicians feel increasingly emboldened to take on the gun lobby, thanks to YOU. 5/
I was also honored to join Carlsbad Councilmember @priyabhatpatel for a town hall yesterday afternoon on gun violence prevention. Dr. Bhat Patel's passion for ending gun violence is one of the reasons I am supporting her bid for the State Senate in #SD36. 6/
As recent events have made clear, we have a long fight ahead of us. But I am so heartened by all of the incredible enthusiasm and grassroots activism I see on a daily basis. It is we, the people, who are going to curb gun violence in this country. THANK YOU! 7/7
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For several decades, we've seen judges appointed, not based on their credentials or the brilliance of their legal reasoning, but rather based on hyperpartisanship and their willingness to embrace extremist positions, including overturning Roe v. Wade. 1/ latimes.com/politics/story…
Our judiciary is much dumber as a result, and we're now poised to see an all out assault on women's reproductive rights, coming from so-called "originalist" judges who are actively legislating from the bench. 2/
I'm not optimistic about this coming decision, and I expect to see another opinion that defies logic, precedent, and the plain text of the law and the Constitution to reach its intended result. 3/
11 years ago yesterday, Citizens United was decided, one of the worst opinions in modern Supreme Court history.
Citizens United has been criticized for lots of reasons. One that I and others have made is it creates conflicts w/ state corporate law. 1/ digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/yjreg/vol33/is…
The Court's decision essentially ignores shareholders who may not want their investments used for political activity, summarily dismissing these concerns as ones that can be addressed through the "procedures of corporate democracy," despite ample evidence that may not be true. 2/
And it completely ignores non-shareholders, embracing the discredited view that shareholders "own" the corporation, even when it is clear that other stakeholders (such as creditors, employees, and pensioners) have significant ownership claims to the corporate treasury. 3/