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Posted on 03/31/2026 3:05:08 PM PDT by CFW
U..S. District Judge Roger Benitez ordered California to pay $4.52 million in attorney's fees to the victorious plaintiffs who challenged California's so-called gender secrecy policies that hide students' gender identity from their parents and force teachers to withhold that information.
Tuesday's order blames California's "litigation intransigence" for the staggering sum.
Early in litigation, after Benitez denied their motion to dismiss, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and Board of Education tried to "sidestep the effect" of his orders by asking for judgment on the pleadings, then filed new motions to dismiss and for judgment on the pleadings after the plaintiffs amended their complaint, the judge wrote.
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He awarded the Thomas More Society, representing the plaintiffs. the 1.25 "multiplier" they sought for attorney's fees.
"State public education policies impinged on families’ right to the free exercise of religion under the First Amendment," and "rejected and subverted the federal constitutional rights of California parents to guide the health and well-being of their school-age children," and the plaintiffs got "impressive results through three years of dogged litigation," Benitez wrote.
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But the taxpayers will pay this tab.
Not the governor. Not the legislators who enacted this.
The taxpayers will foot the bill, most of whom - according to polling - despise this bullshit.
Pocket change for the state. It will come out of the citizens’ pockets, not the pockets of those responsible.
Happy to see a victory, but IMO real justice demands much more.
Woo hoo! Screw the taxpayers! That’ll learn ‘em!
People need to be put in prison for violations like this. Otherwise what’s to stop them again in the future?
While true, hopefully this will come out of the school budget maybe causing cancelation of some leftist whacko program.
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