Law Offices of John D. Rogers

05/29/2026

🚨Justice Department Sues States for Denying Undercover License Plates to Federal Law Enforcement

This comes after each state refused to rescind their unconstitutional policies in response to a prompt letter from the Department explaining the policies’ illegality.

"By denying undercover license plates to DHS components, including ICE, while issuing them to their own state agencies, these governors are pursuing discriminatory and obstructionist policies against federal law enforcement. These actions undermine federal immigration enforcement, allow dangerous criminals to escape justice, and terrorize American communities.” - Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche

Read more: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-states-denying-undercover-license-plates-federal-law-enforcement

05/29/2026

Judges so far are using it primarily for civil cases, but documents obtained by CalMatters indicate the possibility of expanded applications in criminal cases, where people’s freedom and access to justice are on the line. https://cal.news/4uxQPZB

📸 Ethan Swope

05/28/2026

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has called a special legislative session to pursue a plan that would raise the state's homestead exemption to $250,000, eliminating property taxes for an estimated 60% of Florida homeowners and potentially making Florida the first state with no property taxes.

05/28/2026

Ken Paxton once urged SCOTUS to crack down on lawyers seeking favorable courts, saying it “has the pernicious effect of reducing confidence in the fairness and neutrality of our Nation’s justice system.”

Now he’s using the strategy he once decried, experts say.

Read more (published with Texas Tribune): https://propub.li/3RL8kao

05/27/2026

Florida sought to sue Washington and California for allegedly issuing commercial driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants.

05/27/2026

California is considering a pending constitutional amendment, ACA 7, which would authorize a referendum to peel back the California Constitution’s strong prohibitions on discrimination in public education.

05/27/2026

Officials ordered evacuations in Garden Grove near Los Angeles last Thursday after the tank at an aerospace plant overheated. About 16,000 of roughly 50,000 evacuees are still waiting for the all-clear.

05/27/2026

More than a week after a series of large wildfires broke out across Southern California and burned nearly 23,000 acres of land, firefighters are finally reaching full containment of the Santa Rosa Island, Sandy, Bain and Verona fires.

05/22/2026

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05/22/2026

A $5 million lawsuit accuses The Walt Disney Company of collecting facial-recognition data from adults and children California parks without meaningful consent.

05/22/2026

An official said there is no active gas leak in the area, but they're setting up evacuations in preparation for either a spill or an explosion.