Vol. 35 No. 14 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA GRANTS PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ENJOINING AMMUNITION BACKGROUND CHECK AND AMMUNITION ANTI-IMPORTATION LAWS
On April 23, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, in Rhode v. Becerra,[1] granted the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction enjoining what the Court called California’s “onerous and convoluted new laws” requiring ammunition purchase background checks and implementing ammunition anti-importation laws. Writing for the Southern District, Judge Roger T. […]
Vol. 35 No. 13 GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER N-54-20 AND ITS EFFECT ON REASONABLE SUSPICION FOR A TRAFFIC STOP FOR REGISTRATION VIOLATIONS
On April 22, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-54-20 (“the Order”) in which are addressed the suspension for sixty (60) days the period within which to perform certain duties. Among these, at paragraphs 1 through 7, are time limits related to registration of vehicles, the most important of which are paragraphs 3 and 5 […]