For many years, cities across California were pushed to adopt ordinances ordering businesses to verify that their employees were eligible to work in the U.S. Now, however, legislation has been signed into law that prohibits the state, cities and counties from mandating that private employers use E-Verify. Cities that had previously adopted the now outdated...Read More

The Senate Judiciary Committee next month will hold a mark-up and vote on a bill repealing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. The announcement by committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) sets up a collision course for the Senate and House over the issue of gay...Read More