Justice Vance Raye & 3rd District Appellate Court Hostility to Free Speech Exposed, Again, in Reversal by California Supreme Court

Presiding Justice Vance Raye and the judges of the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento have long expressed hostility to free speech and whistleblowers. Civil rights and court reform advocates refer to the court as a perpetual "dumpster fire" that routinely disregards clearly established constitutional rights.

From the California Supreme Court:

"The California Constitution states: "Every person may freely speak, write and publish his or her sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of this right. A law may not restrain or abridge liberty of speech or press." (Cal. Const., art. I, § 2, subd. (a).) It also guarantees the rights to "petition government for redress of grievances" and to "assemble freely to consult for the common good." (Id., art. I, § 3, subd. (a).) (3)...

...We do not agree with the Court of Appeal that the Moscone Act and section 1138.1, which are components of a state statutory system for regulating labor relations, and which are modeled on federal law, run afoul of the federal constitutional prohibition on content discrimination in speech regulations. On this basis, we reverse the Court of Appeal's judgment and remand the matter for further proceedings."

Ralphs Grocery Company v. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 8. 

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