Three Wins Today: April 29 2025
I’m gonna rant for a second. I hope you know by now that I never include a single story that I can’t independently verify the original source. Which means that there are a lot of stories I see every day that are incredible wins, but I don’t tell you about them because I can’t verify them. It just bugs me that an incredible publication like CalMatters can’t bother to link the court document but can take the time to quote the Judge. And yes, I know I’m being vague, but again, I don’t share anything without being able to independently verify a source, and I just can’t here. It’s infurating and I wish journalists (and influencers, but that’s a whole different story) would take it more seriously.
So here are three wins today that I CAN verify.
The American Bar Association is fighting for the rule of law as loudly as they possibly can. Yesterday, President William Bay wrote yet another letter. This letter breaks down all the lawsuits they are personally involved in, and gives members of the Bar a link to get involved, and really pushes them to do so. And also includes this quote:
These are extraordinary times but rest assured, your ABA will continue to stand for the rule of law and to defend our judicial system, our profession and the principles we hold dear. Because if not us, who? And if not now, when? The ABA has chosen to stand, speak and act.
Of all the institutions we need to stand up and continue standing up, the ABA is one of the biggest.
Today, the Missouri Supreme Court denied the Republican attempt to nullify the new law, that was voted on as Proposition A, that would expand paid sick leave. They tried to argue “election irregularity,” cause, of course they did, but,
Because Contestants failed to show either the summary statement or the fiscal note summary were insufficient or unfair and because Contestants failed to meet the much higher burden of showing an election irregularity, this Court rejects those claims and holds the results of the election adopting Proposition A are valid. Contestants’ Counts III and IV alleging single subject and clear title violations are dismissed without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction.
Of course they’re Republicans so they’re gonna keep trying till the session ends in mid May, but, this avenue failed, and that’s a win. Hopefully all others will as well.
Today, Biden appointee, Judge Jennifer Thurston issued a preliminary injunction against California border patrol using the unlawful stop-and-arrest tactic in central and northern California. This was the lawsuit filed by United Farmworkers when there were raids on Kern Valley farms earlier this month. In the order she said:
The evidence of the practices employed by Border Patrol agents during “Operation Return to Sender”— including detentive stops on foot patrols and vehicular stops without reasonable suspicion—the plans of Border Patrol to perform additional, similar operations in this District and the seeming position of the government that Border patrol agents are not currently trained on their obligations under the Fourth Amendment, demonstrates imminent, irreparable harm to the Suspicionless Stop Class.
Now let’s get it in the rest of California and all border states. It’s amazing how specific these order boundaries always seem to be.
So those are just a small handful of today’s wins. Comment below with any others you came across!
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