(Subscription required) The case could settle a longstanding conflict among appellate courts over how Penal Code Section 1381 applies when a defendant has not yet been physically transferred to a state prison.

A California judicial panel has upheld a recommendation that attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law license for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump.

Thursday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco that the president had exceeded his authority was “probably out of the mainstream” among current U.S. courts, said Anthony Ghiotto, a teaching professor at the University of Illinois College of Law and a former judge in the U.S. Air Force. Ghiotto said he agreed with Breyer’s decision, but doubted it would survive in a U.S. Supreme Court that has shielded Trump from criminal prosecution from official acts.

(Subscription required) Appointments Secretary Luis Céspedes, California Supreme Court Justice Josh Groban, and 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Helen Zukin were recognized at the sold-out event.