June 29 edition

Good morning. It is June 29.

Today’s edition of Inland Empire Law Weekly includes three articles on Friday’s Supreme Court Trump v. CASA ruling. I have lifted the paywall for the coverage of the CASA ruling, so feel free to share with non-subscribers.

In a 26-page opinion, Supreme Justice Amy Coney Barrett overruled the injunction against President Donald Trump’s order to federal employees not to recognize birthright citizenship. She ordered the executive order to take effect July 27. Barrett’s ruling did not consider the order’s Constitutionality, and instead focused on the federal court’s powers to place injunctions. 

“Nothing like a universal injunction was available at the founding, or for that matter, for more than a century thereafter. Thus, under the Judiciary Act, federal courts lack authority to issue them,” she wrote.

Barrett ordered district courts to “expeditiously” construct new injunctions that only protect the plaintiffs who file suit to protect their individual rights.

Dissenting, Supreme Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson called Barrett’s ruling an abdication of the Supreme Court’s responsibility to uphold the Constitution.

“Even if the majority is correct that courts in England at the time of the founding were so limited—and I have my doubts—why would courts in our constitutional system be limited in the same way?” Jackson asked. 

I’ve written three articles explaining this decision:

First, the actual effect: Statehood unclear for about 150,000 children annually.

Then, read about Barrett’s ruling: CASA ruling: government policies cannot be halted by federal injunctions.

Finally, a digest of the dissents: Sotomayor, Jackson argue Casa ruling threatens rule of law.

I encourage reading the whole opinion, if you have the time.

Back to local news: 

The Adelanto ICE Processing Center’s census rose by 1,000 in less than a month. Its growth is partially due to the lifting of an injunction, partly due to the sudden increase in immigration raids. One immigrant rep. says the Adelanto detainees aren’t given water, fresh food, or access to information about their immigration status. 

A couple of weeks ago, I got the chance to witness two attorneys, Eric Anderson of Brown White & Osborne and Yasdeep Singh of Yash Law Group, question a plaintiff on the stand. That case is now resolved. Riverside jury awards plaintiff $63k in wrongful termination case

At Riverside’s No King Protest, a man accelerated a van into a group of protestors, sending one of them to the hospital. Two are charged for the act. 

Two ex-Riverside sheriff’s officers are jailed after being convicted of accepting bribes from a tow truck company.

Rancho Cucamonga man is convicted on 10 pedophilia counts.

See all the lawsuits filed in our district court last week: June 29, 2025 federal filing roundup.

Have free time and want to attend a criminal trial? Here are some felony trials taking place on Monday.

The future of court reporting is uncertain in this state. Read about one union-backed bill that claims to offer relief. 

Echoing Trump’s suits against media organizations, Gavin Newsom takes Fox News to court over coverage of alleged phone calls with Trump.

Finally, Trump cancelled millions in California research grants. Judges want to restore them

That’s it for this week. The news from our second week of publication is now free to read without a subscription. As a reminder, I am now accepting advertisements. 

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