Michael, another gem. Love reading your stuff.

It’s pretty surprising that the California state capital is a short drive from the tech capital of the world, and our technology is so behind many other states.

I do find the irony that parties have “constitutional rights” to participate in the general election; the same parties that have argued that voters do not have “constitutional rights” to participate in partisan […]

Actual legal penalties is a big deal. This should be a bigger story. Nice catch Shawn.

Problem with a top-two or a top-three system is that the two parties would continue to use the third parties as pawns, to siphon off votes…think we would end up in the same pre-top-two conundrum…not sure […]

Well said. While, aside from the Paulites and some other more libertarian Republicans, I think the defense of the First Amendment (and 4th and 5th, etc…) is largely a result of the political advantage … was […]

Jurors who hint that they may be for jury nullification generally don’t hang around the courtroom very long.

Privacy will be the civil rights issue of the next generation. It is also an issue that is difficult to politicize as a partisan issue … biggest division is in the GOP between libertarians and neo-conservatives […]

Problem is that the insurance companies are in control of pretty much everything right now …

It’s been 4 years??? Holy cow. Is this really the case though? The shooter is on payroll and the victims have received no compensation?

More info: https://sv.tie.org/initiative/tiecon

I imagine that this is not the case for all legislators, as many of them are in safer districts?

Its going to happen eventually. Just a matter of time. Some of the early concerns are certainly warranted and the pressure will make for a better system once it does happen.

Exactly. Too much rushing to report things we don’t know anything about. The worst are the crime stories that our media comes out and declares the guilt of people charged with crimes … isn’t that what the […]

Ironically, I think it will happen a lot faster once the GOP finds it in their political interest to change their tune.

That’s a lot of money down on education. Now if costs would go down.

Difficult to separate business and politics…

Problem is, you can’t raise taxes forever to pay for education. We already had Prop 30 in CA, now homeowners will get hit up with increased property taxes? I just don’t know, when do the straws break the camels back?

Another interesting point.

Interesting points you make here Alex.

Unfortunately, the energy “market” in California is highly misunderstood … we have a very aggressively progressive tiered structure … there is a tight balanced between encouraging consumption and alternative […]

Interesting … will R’s and D’s actually work on this one together?

There is a link in the first paragraph of the article.

My prediction is that if Kokesh does a good job publicizing, FreedomWorks will do their best to take it over/take credit.

I always struggle to understand the time wasted trying to “nullify” state laws …. equally, the movements to “overturn” Supreme Court Case X … only courts can “overturn” decisions.

Unfortunately, this is the story with too many important stories. Its often about scoring points rather than getting to real answers.

It is simply not true that the leadership of either party supports top-two. In fact, a lawsuit that you are very familiar with, is now represented by a leader of the Democratic Party’s law firm.

What top-two […]

“Temporary coalitions between different interests will form to pass certain issues, but they will be continually forming and dissipating, making it almost impossible for a single faction to seize power long enough […]

Well, if you measure in choices … technically you have infinite choice on a write-in ballot.

Its about time.