Thomas L DeBoe, Attorney at Law

02/03/2026

To address Trump’s “ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.”

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE, THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, FRED BIERY wrote in his January 31, 2026, order:

“And then there is that pesky inconvenience called the Fourth Amendment:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and persons or things to be seized.”

U.S. CONST. amend. IV.

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04/08/2025

Baseball season is here again. Have you completed your will and trust?

Happy Halloween! After your fun, you may want to contact your neighborhood lawyer, Thomas DeBoe, and conquer scary wills and trusts.

09/19/2024

The Los Angeles Times printed my letter to the editor today about Proposition 8, which is still in the California constitution.

California's same-sex marriage ban remains in its Constitution despite rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. Repeal it by voting for Proposition 3 on Nov. 5.

08/27/2024

Why is CA ACA5 (Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5) on the California ballot for Nov 5, 2024, elections?
“The California Constitution provides that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California, and federal law permanently enjoins the state from enforcing this constitutional provision.
This measure would repeal this unenforceable constitutional provision and would instead provide that the right to marry is a fundamental right, as specified.”

Same-Sex Marriages August 27, 2024, Update: Why is CA ACA5 (Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5) on the California ballot for Nov 5, 2024, elections? “The California Constitution provides that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California, and federal law permanent...

07/02/2024

On July 1, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Trump v United States. Sadly, the United States democracy lost. The Dean of the University of California Berkeley School of Law wrote a clear opinion in the Los Angeles Times.

Categories Constitutional Democracy William Barr and SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER RUSSIAN ELECTION INTERFERENCE REPORT Post author By Thomas DeBoe Post date April 18, 2019 Sticky post July 2, 2024, Update: Opinion: We should all dissent from the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, and not respect...

11/30/2023

In the war of Donald Trump against the U.S. Constitution Democracy and the Courts a decision by the New York Appellate Court holds firm. Gag order and supplemental limited gag order reinstated.

10/24/2023

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Happy Halloween! After your fun, you may want to contact your neighborhood lawyer, Thomas DeBoe, and conquer scary wills and trusts.

07/20/2023

On July 17, 2023, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion, Erik Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc. addressing a recent 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Because “[t]he highest court of each State . . . remains ‘the final arbiter of what is state law’ ” (Montana v. Wyoming (2011) 563 U.S. 368, 378, fn. 5), we are not bound by the high court’s interpretation of California law.
This case could set the stage for any litigation about ACA-5 ballot proposition in California scheduled for November 2024. ACA-5 would repeal the unenforceable constitutional provision (Prop. 8 ), only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California, and would instead provide that the right to marry is a fundamental right, as specified.

Same-Sex Marriages July 20, 2023 Update: On July 17, 2023, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion, Erik Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc. addressing a recent 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision. Because “[t]he highest court of each State . . . remains ‘the final arbiter of what is state law...

04/12/2023

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The legal system has become democracy's last line of defense against attacks by Donald Trump and his supporters. District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. filed an action in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, in response to an
"unprecedently brazen and unconstitutional attack" led by Jim Jordan in Congress on the ongoing New York State criminal prosecution and investigation of former President Donald J. Trump.
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04/04/2023

One Arbitration Agreement started out small and ended up as the beginning of an indictment of Donald Trump.

Categories Business Transactions Arbitration Agreements Post author By Thomas DeBoe Post date September 9, 2014 April 4, 2023 Update: One Arbitration Agreement started out small and ended up as the beginning of an indictment of Donald Trump. On April 4, 2023, in Manhattan, the United States District...

12/19/2022

Today, December 19, 2022, the January 6 Congressional Committee approved criminal referrals against Donald Trump to the Department of Justice. Part of the final presentation was a court decision by a federal district court in California. The significance of the cite to the federal district court decision is the district court judge considered some of the evidence of the Committee and concluded that "it more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021. "

You can read the full opinion athttps://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.841840/gov.uscourts.cacd.841840.260.0.pdf

10/25/2022

Don't let scary wills and trusts stop you from proceeding.

Happy Halloween! After your fun, you may want to contact your neighborhood lawyer, Thomas DeBoe, and conquer scary wills and trusts.