Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.

DOGE ANTICS: Today’s much-anticipated first hearing for the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency — or ...

The US has historically given automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country, but this principle is not the norm ...

A day after the Hawaii Supreme Court cleared the way for the $4 billion Maui wildfire settlement, it’s looking like Hawaii ...

A prominent public-interest law firm is warning that Los Angeles’ apparent requirement that older apartments be replaced with ...

The Fremont City Council voted 6-1 to enact a penalty on individuals “causing, permitting, aiding, abetting or concealing” a homeless encampment.

Systemic Justice Project hosts its third annual public interest conference, this year focusing on rising authoritarianism and ...

A Kern County baker violated California law when she refused to sell a cake to a lesbian couple for their wedding, a state ...

Attacked by two justices, lower-court judges and litigants, the 1964 ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan keeps getting cited approvingly in the Supreme Court’s decisions. By Adam Liptak ...

Federal prosecutors are trying to overturn Illinois sanctuary laws, and the case could have major implications for California ...

He is known as a feeder judge. His law clerks disproportionately go on to work for the Supreme Court. Judge Sutton cannot talk about the specifics of any case that may come before him, but he can ...

New North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is suing again over more recent laws from state Republicans that erode gubernatorial ...