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Partner at LiMandri & Jonna LLP & Special Counsel to @ThomasMoreSoc. Focusing on complex civil litigation. Catholic, husband, father of 7.
Jan 15, 2022 11 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING - we reached a settlement with the State of CA, and they will be PERMANENTLY REMOVING the Aztec chants from the Ethnic Studies Model Cirriculum and paying $100,000 towards our attorneys’ fees. My statement is in the thread below: We filed this lawsuit after we discovered that California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, a resource guide for local school districts, included prayers to Aztec gods – the same deities that were invoked when the Aztecs worshipped with human sacrifices.
Nov 29, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING - THANKS BE TO GOD, WE OBTAINED A MAJOR VICTORY AT THE 9TH CIRCUIT FOR OUR CLIENTS IN THE SDUSD VACCINE MANDATE LITIGATION.
Here is the decision issued tonight: thomasmoresociety.org/.../9-circuit-….... The Court's full ruling will follow shortly. We are very pleased with the Ninth Circuit’s grant of the rare remedy of emergency injunctive relief pending appeal, which prevents the San Diego Unified School District’s vaccine mandate – one of the harshest in the nation – from going into operation on November 29, 2021.
Sep 5, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
He stood firm in the face of fines, threats of imprisonment, massive civil litigation, a contempt proceeding, and a retaliatory attempt to revoke his church’s 45 year old parking lot lease. His crime? Exercising his God-given and constitutionally protected right to practice his faith and hold church services without arbitrary interference from the state. He had faith in God and courage (and some good lawyers I might add 😀), and he emerged VICTORIOUS
Aug 17, 2020 9 tweets 2 min read
Yes, there are judges in CA that understand the Constitution and are willing to take bold action to uphold it. Some notable quotes from Judge Chalfant when he correctly ruled last Friday that LA County had not met its burden to single out churches and ban indoor services at GCC: "THE GOVERNOR CAN'T JUST ISSUE POLICIES WITHOUT A RATIONAL BASIS TO DO SO. TO MY KNOWLEDGE HE NEVER HAS DEVELOPED A RATIONAL BASIS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN BUSINESSES. THIS IS ALL SORT
OF SHOOTING FROM THE HIP. WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE AT THE BEGINNING OF AN EMERGENCY ...