State Watch

The Docket: July 10, 2026

The Docket is PLF's weekly newsletter covering the cases, clients, and policy battles shaping the future of liberty in America. You can catch up on last week's Docket here and subscribe below to recei...

2026-07-11

Attorney General Bonta Opposes Trump Administration’s Sweeping Proposal to Allow for Widespread Political Weaponization of Federal Grant Funding

July 13, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]’s proposed rule would provide Trump Administration with broad authority to impose its political agenda via more than $1 trillion in fe...

2026-07-13

DC Journal: The Administrative Procedure Act at 80 — Still Falling Short

Eighty years ago, in June 1946, Congress passed the Administrative Procedure Act. It was hailed by one of its principal drafters, Sen. Patrick McCarran, D-Nev., as "a bill of rights for the hundreds o...

2026-07-09

Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit to Block $110 Billion Warner Bros./Paramount Merger

July 13, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected] ANGELES— California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a coalition of 12 attorneys general in filing alawsuitchallenging the $110 bi...

2026-07-12

The Hill: New York’s no-bid contracting scandal — A quarter-billion dollars, awarded by race

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Racial Equity Plan, released on April 6, commits New York City government to using racial classifications to guide more than two hundred goals across nearly every agency. Among ...

2026-07-09

Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit to Protect Mental Health Grant Funds from Latest Trump Administration Termination Effort

July 10, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected] coalition challenges Trump Administration’s attempt to circumvent court order by recharacterizing grant discontinuations as ter...

2026-07-10

The battle isn’t over: What Pung means for the fight against home equity theft

Near the end of this year's term, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Pung v. Isabella County, rejecting the argument that the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause requires government to pay fai...

2026-07-08

Attorney General Bonta Secures Settlement with Remaining Defendants in Sham Health Coverage Case

July 9, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that the Los Angeles Superior Courtapproved a settlementwith Shelley Steele,...

2026-07-09

Attorney General Bonta: California State Prison Drug Smuggler Arrested

July 9, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the arrest of a narcotics supplier accused of providing drugs to be smuggled ...

2026-07-09

Attorney General Bonta Secures Sentence Against Southern California Real Estate Agent in Eaton Fire Price Gouging Case

July 9, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected] ANGELES— California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the sentencing of real estate agent Mike Kobeissi for false advertising ...

2026-07-09

Governor Newsom announces appointments 7.8.2026

2026-07-09