Early Results Have Far Left Terrified

The far Left is already panicking over the results of yesterday’s California primaries. The jungle primary ballots are still being counted, but right now Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Spencer Pratt lead the mayoral primary, and Steve Hilton and former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra lead the gubernatorial primary.

If Pratt manages to maintain his position as the runner-up to Bass, then we could potentially see the most expensive mayoral race in Los Angeles history. The far Left will flood the coffers with donations for Bass, and conservative donors could see an opportunity to win a seat in one of the largest blue counties in the country. If so, you could see money flooding in nationwide to prop up Pratt’s campaign.

It’s probably less surprising to see Hilton leading Becerra in the gubernatorial race. The entire state of California could go in a different direction from Los Angeles County. If you’ll remember, the ACLJ has a history of squaring off against Becerra, who expanded unconstitutional pro-abortion legislation during his tenure as Biden’s HHS Secretary. Many Californians could be turned off by Becerra’s radical stances on abortion.

In ACLJ-related news, we have a major update in our ongoing fight against CNN at the U.S. Supreme Court. We filed our case after the news agency defamed our client, Harvard Law School professor emeritus and famed constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz, during his oral arguments against the Senate impeachment of President Trump. We filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court on behalf of Professor Dershowitz in his critical defamation case against CNN.

This case presents the Court with an opportunity to reconsider whether the actual malice standard established in New York Times v. Sullivan remains consistent with the First Amendment’s original meaning and whether it adequately protects individuals’ reputational interests while preserving robust public debate.

The Supreme Court ordered CNN to respond to our petition, and the network filed its brief in opposition. Then we filed our reply – and it dismantled CNN’s arguments one by one.

The Justices will distribute the case for the conference on June 4. This is now the fourth scheduled conference to determine if the Court will accept our case.

ACLJ Executive Director Jordan Sekulow explained what the Justices might be discussing in conference:

We know that there are Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court who have written about this before and said that New York Times v. Sullivan has gone too far, but they have to look at this strategically, right? I mean, you cannot get around New York Times v. Sullivan in this case. So it’s going to be a major precedent that is being looked at again by the Supreme Court if they say yes to the oral arguments and say yes to the briefing on this, and we’ve accepted this [case.]

So if you are one of the Justices who believes New York Times v. Sullivan has just not been interpreted correctly since the rise of a different kind of media age, you want to make sure you’re not going to just bring this case up and end up doubling down on this policy. . . . Are any of [the other Justices] kind of giving the signal that they could be persuaded here to make a change and overturn a precedent?

When mainstream media outlets can falsely vilify, smear, and attack public figures with impunity, there is a fundamental problem in the law. This case represents far more than one man’s fight to clear his name – it’s a battle for truth, constitutional fidelity, and the fundamental right to seek justice when wronged.

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Today’s Sekulow broadcast included a full analysis of the early primary results in California. U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Ric Grenell also joined with his reaction to last night’s results.

Watch the full broadcast below: