Citizen journalist Nick Shirley files lawsuit against top Calif. officials, seeking to block Assembly Bill 2624, nicknamed the ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’
OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
6:39 PM – Friday, September 4, 2026
Conservative YouTuber and citizen journalist Nick Shirley filed a federal lawsuit against top California officials in Sacramento, seeking to block a controversial law that many have labeled the “Stop Nick Shirley Act.”
“It has just begun, this may take months or years but it must be done. The people deserve the right to post whenever they want especially when it’s our tax dollars paying for it,” he said on X.
The legal challenge targets Assembly Bill 2624, a measure signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) that expands California’s existing Safe at Home program.
Shirley — represented by San Diego attorney John W. Howard and the conservative legal watchdog group America First Legal — argues that the legislation impermissibly restricts First Amendment rights by exposing independent journalists to civil liability for publishing truthful, publicly sourced information while investigating government-funded immigration support providers.
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