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BALIF is Proud to Endorse Phoebe Maffei for San Francisco Superior Court Judge
Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF) is proud to endorse Phoebe Maffei for San Francisco Superior Court Judge in the upcoming June 2, 2026 election. Phoebe Maffei would bring to the bench 15 years of experience as an Assistant District Attorney, during...
BALIF Condemns Ongoing Federal Immigration Activity and Shootings in Minneapolis
We should all be outraged by what is unfolding in Minneapolis, which follows over a year of unprecedented immigration enforcement activity that has seen far too many people targeted, brutalized, and disappeared. Renee Good and Alex Pretti should be alive today....
BALIF Condemns Supreme Court Decision Affirming Trump Administration’s Discriminatory Passport Policies
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court granted a Trump Administration request to stay a preliminary injunction in Orr v. Trump, allowing the government to enforce a discriminatory passport policy against transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people. As Justice Jackson noted...
