Law Office of David Alkire is closed

01/02/2023

I have retired from the practice of law, after 50 years as a member of the California Bar.

09/24/2022

An objective analysis:

In which we launch the new Juice Media Podcast format for Season 3, and talk about SCOTUS and its ruling on the theory of Independent State Legislature, whic...

09/01/2022

This is a test of the new District Attorney:

A prison sentence for a man authorities say is linked to a 2014 fatal shooting at a ma*****na grow depends on a number of factors.

07/11/2022

A very reasonable approach:

Forty-seven states fail to adequately protect the right of landowners to control their property because they provide the wrong default rule regarding the right of invitees to bear arms.

03/14/2022

Justice Thomas is a disgrace:

Right-wing judicial activist Leonard Leo has been exerting influence over the Supreme Court for three decades. So why is Clarence Thomas hiring Leo’s firm to do public relations?

02/11/2022

Sadly true:

Who governs the country: a democratically elected president or a single unelected judge?

01/27/2022

I frequently receive offers like these:

The FTC’s website published a blog post warning consumers to look beyond the awards when hiring a lawyer.

01/15/2022

This is a very interesting idea:

That would strengthen the court’s legitimacy while keeping partisan tensions in check.

12/15/2021

This Supreme Court has lost its moral authority:

If liberals try to apply the logic of the Texas abortion ruling to their own favored causes, they might be in for a rude surprise.

12/04/2021

Professor Reich nails it:

Justice Amy Coney Barrett recently insisted otherwise but that’s now hard to claim

11/01/2021

Let's see how much nonsense the Supreme Court is willing to swallow:

The idea that Shakespeare’s England was filled with gun-toting Britons seems absurd, but this is precisely the argument.

10/08/2021

In which the former district attorney attempts to gaslight people into thinking that a 40% trial conviction rate is nothing to be ashamed of:

What’s in a number?