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YearAuthorBillBill YearSCOTUS CaseAlex Summary Write-up
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2022Joe DunnSB 18092004Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. MorianaIn June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law authored by Dunn, SB 1809 (Chapter 221, Statutes of 2004), the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, was in conflict with (and preempted by) the Federal Arbitration Act. (Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, 20-1573)
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2021Debra Bowen (in her later role as Secretary of State)2010
Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta, 19-251, 19-255
In June 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a nonstatutory requirement imposed by the Secretary of State's office (while Bowen was Secretary) was unconstitutional. In 2010, the Secretary of State's office began requiring California non-profits to include the Form 990 Schedule B (an IRS form disclosing donors who contribute more than $5,000 or 2% of the total donations to the non-profit in a year) with their registration, or be decertified in the state. The practice was found to violate the first Amendment.
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2021George Zenovich, John Dunlap, and Howard BermanSB 3x11975Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, 20-107In June 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a provision in a law authored by Zenovich, SB 3x1 (1975), was unconstitutional. The law, which allowed labor unions to access agricultural employer’s property to recruit new members, was found to violate the fifth and fourteenth amendments. (Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, 20-107)
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2018David Chiu and Autumn BurkeAB 7752015
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, 16–1140
In June 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law authored by David Chiu and Autumn Burke, AB 775 (2015), was unconstitutional. The law, which required crisis pregnancy centers to inform all clients that California provides free or low-cost services, including abortions, and give them a phone number to call, was found to "unduly burdens protected speech." (National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, 16–1140)
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2013Dennis Hollingsworth
(as Proponent for Proposition 8)		2008)2008Hollingsworth v. Perry, 12-144In June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Hollingsworth, as the proponent for Proposition 8 (2008), did not have have standing to appeal the District Court’s order overturning the law. The initiative had defined marriage as being only "between a man and a woman". (Hollingsworth v. Perry, 12-144)
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2012Paul KrekorianAB 20982008National Meat Association v. Harris, 10-224In January 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law authored by Paul Krekorian, AB 2098 (2008), was unconstitutional. The law, which required the euthanization of "nonambulatory animals", was found to violate the Federal Meat Inspection Act. (National Meat Association v. Harris, 10-224)
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2011Leland YeeAB 11792005Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 08-1448In June 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law authored by Yee, AB 1179 (2005), was unconstitutional. The law, which banned the sale of violent video games to minors, was found to violate the first Amendment. (Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 08-1448)
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1999Mike Thompson (final author) and Leroy Greene (initial author)SB 4851992Saenz v. Roe, 526 U.S. 489In May 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law that Mike Thompson had jockeyed, SB 485 (1992), was unconstitutional. The law, which limited welfare benefits available to new California residents, was found to violate the fourteenth Amendment. Although the bill was introduced by Leroy F. Greene, he was later removed as author and Thompson ran the bill. (Saenz v. Roe, 526 U.S. 489)
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1987Barry KeeneN/AN/AMeese v. Keene, 85-1180In April 1987, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) authorized the federal government to classify and to regulate the dissemination of foreign films that it identified as political propaganda. In this case, the films were three Canadian films (If You Love This Planet, Acid Rain: Requiem or Recovery, and Acid From Heaven) that Senator Keene wanted to exhibit without identifying them as foreign political propaganda because identifying it as such "denigrates the material and stigmatizes those conveying it, in a manner that mere designation of the material as `political advocacy' would not." (Meese v. Keene, 85-1180)
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1984Clark L. BradleySB 6471970Southland Corp. v. Keating, 465 U.S. 1In January 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law authored by Clark L. Bradley, SB 647 (1970), violated the Federal Arbitration Act. The law, which related to arbitration and alternative dispute resolution of contractual disagreements, was found to violate the Federal Arbitration Act. (Southland Corp. v. Keating, 465 U.S. 1)
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1983John F. "Jack" ThompsonSB 14621955
California Retail Liquor Dealers Association v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc., 445 U.S. 97
In March 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law authored by John F. Thompson, SB 1462 (1955), was unconstitutional. The law, which wine producers and wholesalers from selling below the established prices, was found to violate the Twenty-First Amendment.
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1969William KehoeSB 6601919Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444In June 1969, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law authored by Kehoe, SB 660 (1919), commonly known as the "California Criminal Syndicalism Act", was unconstitutional. The law, which banned advocating for the use of unlawful means to accomplish industrial or political change, was found to violate the first Amendment. (Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444)
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1962George G. Crawford, Frank Luckel, Jack Schrade, and Myron H. FrewAB 22761957Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660In June 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law which had most recently been amended by George G. Crawford, Frank Luckel, Jack Schrade, and Myron H. Frew, AB 2276 (1957), was unconstitutional. The law, which criminalized narcotics addiction, was found to violate the Eighth Amendment's protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
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1958Randal F. DickeyAB 25291955Speiser v. Randall, 357 U.S. 513In June 1958, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law authored by Randal F. Dickey, AB 2529 (1955), was unconstitutional. The law, which required a loyalty oath in order to apply for a particular tax exemption, was found to violate the First and Fourteenth Amendment. (Speiser v. Randall, 357 U.S. 513)
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1949Senate Factfinding Committee on UnAmerican Activities
Chair: Jack B. Tenney
Vice Chair: Randal F. Dickey
Members: Hugh M. Burns, Nelson Dilworth, Frank L. Gordon, Fred H. Kraft, Harold F. Sawallisch, and John F. Thompson		N/A1947Tenney v. Brandhove, 341 U.S. 367In March 1949, William Brandhove sued the Senate Factfinding Committee on UnAmerican Activities (chaired by Tenney) over the damage done to his reputation as a result of his being called to testify before the committee in 1947. In May 1951, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state legislators enjoy common-law immunity from liability for their legislative acts, an immunity that is similar in origin and rationale to that accorded Congressmen under the Speech or Debate Clause. (Tenney v. Brandhove, 341 U.S. 367)
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1948Hugh P. DonnellySB 4131945Takahashi v. Fish and Game Commission, 334 U.S. 410In June 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law authored by Hugh P. Donnelly, SB 413 (1945), was unconstitutional. The law, which prohibited the sale of fishing licenses to persons "ineligible to citizenship", was found to violate the Fourteenth Amendment. (Takahashi v. Fish and Game Commission, 334 U.S. 410)
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1941William Moseley Jones and Kent H. RedwineAB 9501937Edwards v. People of State of California, 314 U.S. 160In November 1941, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law authored by William Moseley Jones and Kent H. Redwine, AB 950 (1937), was unconstitutional. The law, known variously as the "Jones-Redwine Bill" or "California's Anti-Okie Law" banned the bringing into the State any indigent person who is not a resident of the State, was found to violate the Fourteenth Amendment. (Edwards v. People of State of California)
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1931William A. DoranAB 1311919Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359In May 1931, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law authored by W. A. Doran, AB 131 (1919), was unconstitutional. The law, which prohibited public display of a red flag, was found to violate the Fourteenth Amendment. (Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359)
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