Justice 250: Celebrating Your Constitutional Rights will be an evening on the flight deck of the USS Midway. It is slated for 5:30 p.m. July 2. Speakers will include California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Justice M. Margaret McKeown and San Diego County Bar Association President Tim Williams.

On April 20, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc. Sacramento Chapter and the Wiley W. Manuel Bar Association hosted High School Legislative Day, an immersive civic engagement program designed to help students understand how ideas become laws and why their voices matter in the political process.

(Subscription required) Under state rules, a nominee will come from Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), whose second term concludes in January. And while the state’s coming June and November elections are likely playing into Newsom’s calculation on timing, the extended opening on the seven-member tribunal has largely left legal experts stumped.

(Subscription required) The high court on June 3 in Los Angeles will hear Family Violence Appellate Project v. Superior Court, a lawsuit filed in 2024 by two legal aid groups who argue the state’s ban on electronically recording many types of proceedings violates litigants’ right to a verbatim record.