The Pattern
TRAVEL ADVISORY — San Diego: Child Trafficking Network (CTN)
Two San Diego mothers. Same age. Same charges. Same jail.
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The Pattern
Two women are currently detained in San Diego County jails. Both are mothers fighting for their children. Both were jailed on the exact same charges for speaking publicly about corruption in the courts. A nonprofit documented 13 categories of violations in this same court system in 2022. Nothing changed. They started jailing the mothers who kept talking.
The California Supreme Court ruled on April 30, 2026 that misdemeanor pretrial detention is unconstitutional.In re Kowalczyk, S277910 (Cal. Supreme Court, April 30, 2026)
Unanimous decision by Chief Justice Guerrero. The court held that Article I, Section 12 of the California Constitution defines the exclusive circumstances under which bail may be denied: (1) capital crimes, (2) felony offenses involving violence or sexual assault, and (3) felonies involving threats of great bodily harm. Misdemeanors are categorically excluded. Courts cannot use “artificially high or objectively unattainable bail as an end run to effectuate pretrial detention where such detention is not authorized.
Full opinion: courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/S277910.PDF
First Amendment Precedent: Bridges v. California, 314 U.S. 252 (1941)
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned contempt convictions for criticizing judicial proceedings, establishing that the First and Fourteenth Amendments limit a court’s power to punish for contempt based on speech. Contempt punishment for speech is only constitutional if it creates a “clear and present danger” to the administration of justice. Extended by Pennekamp v. Florida (1946) and Craig v. Harney (1947).
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