California’s Democrat-controlled legislature and governor last week enacted a law that is a de facto severe rebuke to Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California, and former Secretary of Homeland Security.  It is now a crime to do what she did when she obstructed a state auditor. The national media were oblivious, and even in California, the formal move to criminalize her on-the-record behavior garnered little attention. The editorial board of the San Diego Union-Tribune  is an honorable exception: The still-stunning decision by University of California President Janet Napolitano to interfere with a state audit — by removing and weakening criticism of her office’s performance from individual UC campuses — has gotten the harsh rebuke it deserves. It came in the form of Assembly Bill 562, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed this week. Under the new law, a state agency’s decision to interfere with, impede or...(Read Full Post)